/eɪdʒ/
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
Examples
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Here "age" asks how many years old you are.
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"Ages" is the plural, meaning many different year counts.
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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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