middle age

mid·dle age

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Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mid-l eyj]
- /ˈmɪd l eɪdʒ/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [mid-l eyj]
- /ˈmɪd l eɪdʒ/

Definitions of middle age words

noun middle age the period of human life between youth and old age, sometimes considered as the years between 45 and 65 or thereabout. 1
noun middle age mature years: 50s 1
uncountable noun middle age Middle age is the period in your life when you are no longer young but have not yet become old. Middle age is usually considered to take place between the ages of 40 and 60. 0
noun middle age the period of life between youth and old age, usually (in man) considered to occur approximately between the ages of 40 and 60 0
noun middle age the time of life between youth and old age: now usually the years from about 40 to about 65 0

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Origin of middle age

First appearance:

before 1350

One of the 20% oldest English words

Middle English word dating back to 1350-1400

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Parts of speech for Middle age

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

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middle age popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 42% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

According to our data about 66% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.

middle age usage trend in Literature

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Synonyms for middle age

noun middle age

midlife — middle age.

All 2 Synonyms of middle age