age
A1Frequent NGSL-1UK /eɪdʒ/US /eɪdʒ/
Meaning
noun
the number of years that a person has lived or a thing has existed
“You're the same age as my brother.”
verb
to become older
“As he aged, his memory got worse.”
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“What I feared most for myself at your age was not poverty but failure.”
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“It is hard to imagine life without amazon.com, even for someone of my advanced age.”
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“I am lucky in some respects because I knew what I wanted to do at a very early age.”
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