age

Noun
  1. How long something has existed (synset 104931280)
    "it was replaced because of its age"
    tells us about:
    • mature - having reached full natural growth or development
    • immature - not yet mature
    • old - of long duration; not new
    • new - not of long duration; having just (or relatively recently) come into being or been made or acquired or discovered
    • old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age
    • immature, young - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
    is a type of: property - a basic or essential attribute shared by all members of a class
    subtypes:
    • chronological age - age measured by the time (years and months) that something or someone has existed
    • bone age - a person's age measured by matching their bone development (as shown by X rays) with bone development of an average person of known chronological age
    • developmental age - a measure of a child's development (in body size or motor skill or psychological function) expressed in terms of age norms
    • fertilization age, fetal age, gestational age - the age of an embryo counting from the time of fertilization
    • mental age - the level of intellectual development as measured by an intelligence test
    • oldness - the quality of being old; the opposite of newness
    • newness - the quality of being new; the opposite of oldness
    • oldness - the opposite of youngness
    • youngness - the opposite of oldness
  2. An era of history having some distinctive feature (synset 115278839)
    "we live in a litigious age"
    is a type of: epoch, era - a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
    subtypes:
    • antiquity - the historic period preceding the Middle Ages in Europe
    • golden age - any period (sometimes imaginary) of great peace and prosperity and happiness
    • jazz age - the 1920s in the United States characterized in the novels of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a period of wealth, youthful exuberance, and carefree hedonism
    • reign - the period during which a monarch is sovereign
    • turn of the century - the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century
    specific instances:
    • age of reason, enlightenment - a movement in Europe from about 1650 until 1800 that advocated the use of reason and individualism instead of tradition and established doctrine
    • elizabethan age - a period in British history during the reign of Elizabeth I in the 16th century; an age marked by literary achievement and domestic prosperity
    • victorian age - a period in British history during the reign of Queen Victoria in the 19th century; her character and moral standards restored the prestige of the British monarchy but gave the era a prudish reputation
    • baroque, baroque era, baroque period - the historic period from about 1600 until 1750 when the baroque style of art, architecture, and music flourished in Europe
    • dark ages, middle ages - the period of history between classical antiquity and the Italian Renaissance
    • renaissance, renascence - the period of European history at the close of the Middle Ages and the rise of the modern world; a cultural rebirth from the 14th through the middle of the 17th centuries
    • italian renaissance - the early period when Italy was the center of the Renaissance
    • industrial revolution, technological revolution - the transformation from an agricultural to an industrial nation
    • reign of terror - the historic period (1793-94) during the French Revolution when thousands were executed
    • harlem renaissance - a period in the 1920s when African-American achievements in art and music and literature flourished
    • new deal - the historic period (1933-1940) in the United States during which President Franklin Roosevelt's economic policies were implemented
    • reconstruction, reconstruction period - the period after the American Civil War when the southern states were reorganized and reintegrated into the Union; 1865-1877
    • restoration - the reign of Charles II in England; 1660-1685
    • depression, great depression - a period during the 1930s when there was a worldwide economic depression and mass unemployment
    is a part of: history - the aggregate of past events
    same as: historic period
  3. A time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises (synset 115170131)
    "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
    is a type of: time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
    subtypes:
    • age of consent - the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union
    • legal age, majority - the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs
    • minority, nonage - any age prior to the legal age
    • drinking age - the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages
    • voting age - the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections
    is a part of: life, life-time, lifespan, lifetime - the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death)
    same as: eld
  4. A prolonged period of time (synset 115267766)
    "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
    is a type of: period, period of time, time period - an amount of time
    subtypes:
    same as: long time, years
  5. A late time of life (synset 115178747)
    "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
    is a type of: time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state
    subtypes: dotage, second childhood, senility - mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations
    has:
    same as: eld, geezerhood, old age, years
Verb
  1. Begin to seem older;
    Get older (synset 200249398)
    "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
    is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
  2. Grow old or older (synset 200248912)
    "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
    is a type of: develop - grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
    subtypes:
    • turn - become officially one year older
    • fossilise, fossilize - become mentally inflexible
    • dote - be foolish or senile due to old age
    same as: get on, maturate, mature, senesce
  3. Make older (synset 200250565)
    "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
    causes: age, get on, maturate, mature, senesce - grow old or older
    is a type of: alter, change, modify - cause to change; make different; cause a transformation

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