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aged

[ey-jid, eyjd]

adjective

  1. having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old.

    an aged man;

    an aged tree.

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  2. pertaining to or characteristic of old age.

    aged wrinkles.

  3. of the age of.

    a man aged 40 years.

  4. brought to maturity or mellowness, as wine, cheese, or wood.

    aged whiskey.

  5. Physical Geography.old; approaching the state of a peneplain.



noun

(used with a plural verb)
  1. old people collectively.

    We must have improved medical care for the aged.

    It seems we all, aged and young alike, live in a kind of continuum of existence.

aged

/ ˈɪɪ /

adjective

    1. advanced in years; old

    2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      the aged

  1. of, connected with, or characteristic of old age

  2. (postpositive) having the age of

    a woman aged twenty

  3. geography (not in technical use) having reached an advanced stage of erosion

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Other 51Թ Forms

  • agedly adverb
  • agedness noun
  • preaged adjective
  • unaged adjective
  • well-aged adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of aged1

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; age, -ed 2
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It’s not a spurious conclusion: Census data shows that the percentage of women aged 30–44 with no children is higher than it’s been since 1960.

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He died in 1990 aged 74, and in his almost five-decade long career, these are the only book sketches he ever produced.

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GP Shivaleela Bailwad will lead the event which organisers said was aimed at women aged from 18 to 70 and no booking was needed.

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Leonard Lauder, the businessman who built Estee Lauder into one of the world's biggest cosmetic makers, has died aged 92.

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Two boys, aged 14 and 12, were arrested on suspicion of criminal damage after a report of a group of people throwing bottles at addresses in Lurgan, County Armagh.

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