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- [ohld eyj]
- /oʊld eɪdʒ/
- /əʊld eɪdʒ/
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- [ohld eyj]
- /oʊld eɪdʒ/
Definitions of old age words
- noun old age the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65. 1
- noun old age latter stages of adulthood 1
- uncountable noun old age Your old age is the period of years towards the end of your life. 0
- uncountable noun old age Old age is the quality or state of being old and near the end of one's life. 0
- noun old age the period when someone is old and perhaps near the end of their life 0
- noun old age the quality or state of being old and near the end of life 0
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Origin of old age
First appearance:
before 1300 One of the 15% oldest English words
Middle English word dating back to 1300-50
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Parts of speech for Old age
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
old age popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 54% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
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old age usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for old age
noun old age
- adulthood — Adulthood is the state of being an adult.
- age — Your age is the number of years that you have lived.
- antiquity — Antiquity is the distant past, especially the time of the ancient Egyptians, Greeks, and Romans.
- archaism — the adoption or imitation of something archaic, such as a word or an artistic or literary style
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
Antonyms for old age
noun old age
- incunabula — Early printed books, especially those printed before 1501.
- incunabulum — A book, single sheet, or image that was printed — not handwritten — before the year 1501 in Europe.
- infancy — the state or period of being an infant; very early childhood, usually the period before being able to walk; babyhood.
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