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How to pronounce age
Say it like this: /ˈeɪdʒ/. Listen to real recordings below and compare how it sounds in different accents.
What does age mean?
nounThe amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often me
“We both have kids under age four.”
The state of being old; the latter part of life.
“Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.”
Any particular stage of life.
“the age of infancy”
verbTo grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.
“He grew fat as he aged.”
To suffer the passage of time so as to later be viewed or turn out in a certain way.
“The sitcom was made in the 1970s and its casual sexism has not aged well.”
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
“To look at the hair by itself you'd say it was actually quite pretty, but on her head the gray sure ages her.”
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