age
How many years old someone is.
The length of time that a person has been alive, measured in years.
A special time in history with its own events and culture.
A distinct period of history, often defined by notable events, developments, or characteristics.
To get older or look older.
To become older in years or to develop physical signs of getting older.
The number of years you must be before you can do something by law.
The number of years that a person must have lived before being legally allowed to do something.
- Base: age
- Plural: age, ages
- Base: age
- 3rd Person Singular: ages
- Present Participle: ageing, aging
- Past: aged
- Past Participle: aged
act your age
1behave appropriately for your age
To behave in a way that is normal for how old you are.
- Stop playing around and act your age!
- He needs to act his age instead of acting like a teenager.
come of age
1reach adulthood or maturity
To reach the age when you are an adult or when something becomes fully developed.
- He came of age at eighteen and inherited the family business.
- The technology has finally come of age and is now widely used.
come of age
1reach adult status
to become old enough to be considered an adult
- She came of age during a time of major social change.
- In this country, citizens come of age at 18.
- The novel follows a boy as he comes of age in a small fishing village.
- He came of age last year.
- The story is about a girl coming of age.
of age
1having reached legal adulthood or maturity
Old enough by law to do something.
- You must be of age to buy alcohol here.
- She is now of age and can vote.
ripe old age
1having lived to an old age
To have lived for many years and be old.
- She lived to the ripe old age of 98.
- He reached the ripe old age of 90 and was still healthy.
under age
1below legal minimum age
You are younger than the law allows for something.
- He was caught driving while under age.
- You can't enter the club if you're under age.