A / THE RIPE OLD AGE (OF ... )

Meaning of A / THE RIPE OLD AGE (OF ... ) in English

an age that is considered to be very old :

He lived to the ripe old age of 91.

Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary. Оксфордский английский словарь для изучающик язык на продвинутом уровне. 2005

OLD — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old …
Английский словарь Британика
AGE — [c mediumvioletred] (as used in expressions) age set Augustan Age Bronze Age Copper Age Hellenistic Age ice age Iron Age …
Английский словарь Британика
RIPE — I. ˈrīp adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rīpe; akin to Old Saxon rīpi ripe, Middle …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld, before a consonant often ˈōl adjective ( -er/-est ) Etymology: Middle English ald, old, from Old English eald, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
AGE — I. ˈāj noun ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French aage, eage, from (assumed) Vulgar Latin aetaticum, from …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
-AGE — ij, ēj also əj noun suffix ( -s ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old French, from Latin -aticum 1. : …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
RIPE — (superl.) Advanced to the state of fitness for use; mellow; as, ripe cheese; ripe wine.
Английский словарь Webster
RIPE — — ripely , adv. — ripeness , n. /ruyp/ , adj., riper, ripest . 1. having arrived at such a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — — oldness , n. /ohld/ , adj., older, oldest or elder, eldest , n. adj. 1. far advanced in the …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
AGE — /ayj/ , n. , v. , aged, aging or ageing . n. 1. the length of time during which a …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
OLD — I. ˈōld; for sense 9 usually ˈōl adjective Etymology: Middle English, from Old English eald; akin to Old High German …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIPE — adjective ( rip·er ; rip·est ) Etymology: Middle English, from Old English rīpe; akin to Old English rīpan, reopan to …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
RIPE — noun the bank of a river. 2. ripe ·superl intoxicated. 3. ripe ·superl ready for action or effect; prepared. 4. …
Webster English vocab
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Webster English vocab
AGE — noun a long time. 2. age ·noun a century; the period of one hundred years. 3. age ·noun a great …
Webster English vocab
RIPE — [ripe] adj rip.er ; rip.est [ME, fr. OE ripe; akin to OE ripan, reopan to reap] (bef. 12c) 1: fully …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — [old] adj [ME, fr. OE eald; akin to OHG alt old, L alere to nourish, alescere to grow, altus high, …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
OLD — old BrE AmE əʊld ⇨ɒʊld AmE oʊld ▷ older ˈəʊld ə ⇨ˈɒʊld- AmE ˈoʊld ə r ▷ oldest ˈəʊld ɪst …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
RIPE — / raɪp; NAmE / adjective ( riper , rip·est ) 1. ( of fruit or crops ) fully grown and …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — / əʊld; NAmE oʊld/ adjective ( old·er , old·est ) AGE 1. be ... years, months, etc. ~ of a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGE — / eɪdʒ; NAmE / noun , verb ■ noun 1. [ C , U ] the number of years that …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIPE — ripe /raɪp/ BrE AmE adjective ( comparative riper , superlative ripest ) [ Language: Old English ] 1 . ripe …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
RIPE — adj. 1 (of grain, fruit, cheese, etc.) ready to be reaped or picked or eaten. 2 mature; fully developed (ripe …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
AGE — n. & v. --n. 1 a the length of time that a person or thing has existed or is likely …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
RIPE — adj. 1 (of grain, fruit, cheese, etc.) ready to be reaped or picked or eaten. 2 mature; fully developed (ripe …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1 a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
AGE — n. & v. n. 1 a the length of time that a person or thing has existed or is likely …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
RIPE — adj.1 (of grain, fruit, cheese, etc.) ready to be reaped or picked or eaten. 2 mature; fully developed (ripe in …
Oxford English vocab
OLD — adj. (older, oldest) (cf. ELDER, ELDEST). 1. a advanced in age; far on in the natural period of existence. b …
Oxford English vocab
AGE — n. & v. --n. 1. a the length of time that a person or thing has existed or is likely …
Oxford English vocab
RIPE — ( riper, ripest) 1. Ripe fruit or grain is fully grown and ready to eat. Always choose firm, but ripe …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
OLD — ( older, oldest) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. Someone who is …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
AGE — ( ages, ageing, aging, aged) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Note: The …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
RIPE — adjective COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS ■ NOUN fruit ▪ Start with fresh, ripe fruit , then rinse carefully in cold water …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
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Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
RIPE — [adjective] -r, -st - (of fruit or crops) fully developed ready to be collected or eatenThose bananas aren't ripe yet …
Cambridge English vocab
OLD — (FROM THE PAST) [adjective] [before noun] -er, -est - from a period in the past; former (EARLIER)I saw my old …
Cambridge English vocab
AGE — n. age set Augustan Age Bronze Age Copper Age Hellenistic Age ice age glacial age Iron Age Jacobean age Middle …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
OLD — n. Old Museum of Painting Old English script Old Ironsides Haakon the Old James Edward the Old Pretender Old Believers …
Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
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Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — n. age old old age old fashioned Old Gooseberry Old Guard old hand old hat old lady old line old …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocab
RIPE — I. ripe adjective 1. Synonyms: mature 1, adult, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown-up, matured, ripened Related Word: seasonable, timely, well-timed; …
Collegiate Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — INDEX: not young 1. not young 2. older than someone else 3. too old to do something 4. to become …
Longman Activator English vocab
AGE — INDEX: 1. how long someone has lived or something has existed 2. ways of saying how old someone is 3. …
Longman Activator English vocab
RIPE — adj. 25B6; adjective a ripe tomato : MATURE, ripened, full grown, ready to eat; luscious, juicy, tender, sweet. the dock …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
OLD — n. 25B6; adjective old people : ELDERLY, aged, older, senior, advanced in years, venerable; in one's dotage, long in the …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
RIPE — adj. 1 mature, matured, seasoned, (fully) grown, (well-)ripened, developed, mellow, ready, fit, US (fully) aged, well-aged The grapes are ripe …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
OLD — adjective 1 BAD : He is married to a twenty years old American girl. GOOD : He is married to …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
AGE — noun 1 BAD : I'm at the age of 22. GOOD : I'm 22 (years old). ◆◆◆ be + NUMBER …
Longman Common Errors English vocabulary
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Большой Англо-Русский словарь
OLD — 1. прил.; сравн. - older, elder; превосх. - oldest, eldest 1) а) старый old age old people grow old get …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
AGE — 1. сущ. 1) возраст to live to (reach) an age ≈ дожить до определенного возраста people of all ages ≈ …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
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Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
OLD — old.ogg 1. əʋld n 1. (the old) собир. старики home for the old - дом для престарелых old and young …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
AGE — age.ogg 1. eıdʒ n 1. 1> возраст middle age - средний возраст a man of middle age - человек средних …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
RIPE — ripe прил.1) а) зрелый, созревший, спелый (о фруктах, зерне и т. п.) fields of ripe wheat — поля зрелой пшеницы …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
AGE — age сущ.1) возраст to live to (reach) an age — дожить до определенного возраста people of all ages — люди …
Англо-Русский словарь Tiger
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Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
OLD — 1. əʋld n 1. (the old) собир. старики home for the old - дом для престарелых old and young /young …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
AGE — 1. eıdʒ n 1. 1> возраст middle age - средний возраст a man of middle age - человек средних лет …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь

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