age

Definitions

• (countable) The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
• (countable) The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
• (countable) One of the stages of life.
• (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
• (countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
• (countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
• (countable) A period of one hundred years; a century.
• (countable) The people who live during a particular period.
• (countable) A generation.
• (countable) A long time.
• (countable) A unit of geologic time subdividing an epoch into smaller parts.
• (countable) The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
• (uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
• (uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
• (uncountable) An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old; eld, seniority.