age in Kashmiri कॉशुर
age in Marathi मराठी
age in Sindhi سنڌي
age in English
- age⇄-age
?suffix forming nouns from other nouns or from verbs.
1. the act of ______ing: ?Breakage = act of breaking.
2. a group or collection of ______s: ?Baggage = group of bags.
3. the condition or rank of ______s: ?Peerage = rank - age⇄adj. aged.
Ex. The star of the piece is John Jennings, age twenty-eight (Edith Oliver). - age⇄age, noun, adjective, verb, aged,agingorageing.
- age⇄expr. ages,
a. (Informal.) a long time or seemingly long time.
Ex. I haven't seen you for ages!
b. a long, indefinite stretch of time; hundreds of years.
Ex. the work of ages. - age⇄expr. come of age, to reach full development or maturity.
Ex. Army men feel the aircraft won't really come of age until maintenance costs are brought down sharply (Wall Street Journal). - age⇄expr. of age, at the time of life when a person is considered ready for adult rights and responsibilities, fixed by law, formerly at 21, and now often at 18.
Ex. You cannot vote unless you are of age. - age⇄noun 1. time of life; length of life from birth on.
Ex. His age is ten.
2. the length of time anything has existed.
Ex. Turtles live to a great age. The bristlecone pines and the redwoods of California have the greatest age of any livi - age⇄v.i. 1. to grow old.
Ex. He is aging fast.
2. to become mature.
Ex. Wine is put in casks to age. - age⇄v.t. 1. to make old; produce the effects of age in.
Ex. Worry ages a person.
2. to bring to full growth; mature, especially by keeping in storage.
Ex. to age wine. This cheese must be aged for a year before it is ripe enough to eat.