age

Betekenis (Engels)

1. The whole duration of a being, whether human, animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
2. The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
3. One of the stages of life.
4. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
5. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
6. A great period in the history of the Earth.
7. One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and goverened by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
8. A period of one hundred years; a century.
9. The people who live during a particular period.
10. A generation.
11. A long time.
12. The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
13. 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.
14. 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.
15. Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
16. An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old, old age, senility; seniority.

leeftijd

ouderdom

tijdsgewricht

oud doen worden

doen verouderen

oud worden

epoch

epoch ’ m’’

meerderjarigheid

rangschikken naar ouderdom

kalenderjaar

tijdsinterval

moderne tijd

grow old

become old

get old

grow older

period of time

make old

geezerhood

historic period

make look old

years old

long life

get older

age-specific

whole life

year of age

year of birth

years of age

young

age-related

be old

chukker

length of life

look old

old people

whole world

become an adult

all through life

how old

sweet seventeen

one existence

become aged

become grown-up

society

time of life

duration of life

advance in years

epoc

age differences

full age

time period

advance in age

Frequentie

Uitgesproken als (IPA)

/eɪd͡ʒ/

From Middle English age, Old French aage, eage, edage, from an assumed Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, derived from Latin aetātem, itself derived from aevum (“lifetime”), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₂eyu- (“vital force”). Compare French âge. Displaced native Old English ieldu.