Pronounced /eɪdʒd/ for meaning 1, and /eɪdʒɪd/ for meanings 2 and 3.
Frequency: The word is one of the 3000 most common words in English.
1.
You use aged followed by a number to say how old someone is.
Alan has two children, aged eleven and nine.
ADJ : usu n ADJ num
2.
Aged means very old.
She has an aged parent who’s capable of being very difficult.
ADJ : ADJ n
3.
You can refer to all people who are very old as the aged .
...people who work with the aged.
N-PLURAL : the N
4.
see also middle-aged