age
/eɪdʒ/
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Translation
How many years a person, animal, or thing has lived or existed.
Word origin
From Old French aage, from Latin aetas meaning a length of life or time.
- Origin
- Old French
- Root
- aetas
Grammar
Gender
Pluralages
Examples
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Here "age" asks how many years old you are.
.
"Ages" is the plural, meaning many different year counts.
five.
Here "age" tells us how old she was at that time.
Your age is the number of years you have lived. We also use the word "age" to talk about a long period of time in history.
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