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Definition age in British English

age verb

verb
/eɪdʒ/
1

to look or seem older

Example

Her father had aged dramatically since she had last seen him.

1.1

to make someone look or seem older

Example

The sun had prematurely aged him.

2

to become older

Example

As you age, your skin becomes less elastic.

Example

She has aged well (=still looks attractive or young).

Synonyms and related words
a 3-year-old/10-month-old etc age age
3

if wine ages or you age it, its taste improves because it is kept for some time

Synonyms and related words
age breathe decant
4

to calculate or guess the age of something

Example

It is now possible to age a tree without cutting it down.

Synonyms and related words
calculate count estimate guess estimate gauge
Definition age in British English

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a tender age (phrase) act/be your age (phrase) age (noun) age (verb) age bracket (noun) age discrimination (noun) age gap (noun) age group (noun) age limit (noun) age pension (noun) age-appropriate (adjective) age-old (adjective) be someone’s age (phrase) come of age (phrase) coming of age (noun) feel your age (phrase) for your/his/her age (phrase) golden age (noun) Ice Age (noun) in this day and age (phrase) information age (noun) mental age (noun) middle age (noun) middle-aged spread (noun) New Age (adjective) new age (noun) New Age traveller (noun) old age () over-age (adjective) reading age (noun) ripe (old) age (phrase) school age (noun) someone’s advancing years/age (phrase) space-age (adjective) the age of consent (noun) the Bronze Age () the digital age (noun) the Iron Age (noun) the space age (noun) the spirit of the (phrase) the Stone Age (noun) the third age (noun) the University of the Third Age () years of age (phrase)