Significado de "age" no Dicionário de Inglês

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agenoun

uk ​ /eɪdʒ/ us ​ /eɪdʒ/

age noun (TIME SPENT ALIVE)

A1 [ C or U ] the period of time someone has been alive or something has existed:

Do you know the age of that building?
What age (= how old) is your brother?
I'd guess she's about my age (= she is about as old as I am).
She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel.
He left home at the age of 16.
I was married with four children at your age.
She's starting to show/look her age (= to look as old as she is).
I'm really beginning to feel my age (= feel old).
His girlfriend's twice his age (= twice as old as he is).
act your age!

› said to someone to tell them to stop behaving like someone who is much younger

the age of consent

› the age at which someone is considered by the law to be old enough to agree to have sex with someone

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age noun (LONG TIME)

ages B1 [ plural ] informal also mainly UK an age [ S ]

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› a very long time:

It takes ages to cook.
I've been waiting for ages.
It's been ages/an age since we last spoke.

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Grammar

AgeWe use age as a noun to refer to how many years someone has lived: …

Expressão(s) idiomática(s)

come of age

ageverb [ I or T ]

uk ​ /eɪdʒ/ us ​ /eɪdʒ/ present participle UK ageing or US aging, past tense and past participle aged

› If someone ages or something ages them, they look older:

She's aged since the last time we met.

› to develop in flavour or leave something to do this:

The brandy is aged in oak for ten years.

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-agesuffix

uk ​ / -ɪdʒ/ us ​ / -ɪdʒ/

-age suffix (PLACE)

› used to form nouns that are names of places:

orphanage
vicarage

(Definição de "age" do Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

"age" no Inglês Americano

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agenoun

us ​ /eɪdʒ/

age noun (TIME SPENT ALIVE)

› the length of time someone has been alive or something has existed:

[ C ] At age 24 he won a starring role in his first movie.
[ U ] She was 74 years of age when she wrote her first novel.
The program is aimed at viewers in the 18-to-30 age group.

age noun (PERIOD)

› [ C ] a particular period in time:

the modern/industrial/Victorian age

ageverb [ I/T ]

us ​ /eɪdʒ/

age verb [ I/T ] (TIME SPENT ALIVE)

› to become or appear old, or to cause someone to appear old:

[ I ] She’s aged a lot since the last time we met.
Note: usually said about a person

› To age food or drink is to give it time to become ripe or develop a full flavor:

[ T ] The cheese is aged for three to six months.

(Definição de "age" do Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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