age

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Noun

1. {{lb|en|countable}} The amount of time that some [[being#Noun|being]] has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in [[number#Noun|number]] of [[year]]s; alternatively in [[month]]s, [[day]]s, [[hour]]s, etc.; see also the usage notes)
2. {{lb|en|uncountable}} The state of being [[old]]; the latter part of life.
3. {{lb|en|countable}} Any particular [[stage#Noun|stage]] of [[life]].
4. {{lb|en|countable}} The [[time#Noun|time]] of life at which some particular [[power#Noun|power]] or [[capacity]] is [[understand|understood]] to become [[vested#Adjective|vested]].
5. {{lb|en|uncountable}} [[maturity|Maturity]]; ''especially'', the time of life at which one [[attain]]s full [[personal#Adjective|personal]] rights and [[capacity|capacities]].
6. {{lb|en|countable}} A particular period of time in [[history]], as distinguished from others.
7. {{lb|en|astrology}} One of the twelve [[division]]s of a [[Great Year]], equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the [[zodiacal]] signs; a [[Platonic month]].
8. {{senseid|en|century}} {{lb|en|countable}} A period of [[one]] [[hundred]] years; a [[century]].
9. {{lb|en|countable|uncommon|possibly|dated}} A [[generation]].
10. {{lb|en|countable|hyperbole}} A [[long]] time.
11. {{lb|en|countable}} [[lifespan|Lifespan]], [[lifetime]]; the total time that some being is alive from birth to death (or some category of beings, on average).
12. {{lb|en|countable|poker}} The [[entitlement]] of the [[player]] to the [[left#Noun|left]] of the [[dealer]] to [[pass#Verb|pass]] the first [[round#Noun|round]] in [[betting#Noun|betting]], and then to come in last or stay out; ''also'', the player holding this position; the [[eldest]] [[hand#Noun|hand]].

Verb

1. {{lb|en|intransitive}} To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.
2. {{lb|en|transitive}} To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
3. {{lb|en|transitive}} To determine the age of (the length of time that something has been alive or in existence).
4. {{lb|en|transitive}} To [[indicate]] or [[reveal]] that (a person) has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
5. {{lb|en|transitive|figuratively}} To allow (something) to persist by postponing an action that would extinguish it, as a debt.
6. {{lb|en|transitive|accounting}} To categorize by age.

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