I.
noun
1 how old sb/sth is ⇨ See also ↑ old age
ADJECTIVE
▪ early , tender , young
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He was sent away to school at an early ~.
▪ advanced , great , old , ripe
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He was still active even at the advanced ~ of 87.
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White hair is a sign of great ~.
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She dreaded old ~.
▪ advancing , increasing
▪ middle , third ( BrE )
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a pleasant woman in early middle ~
▪ childbearing , pensionable ( BrE ), retirement , school , school-leaving ( BrE )
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children of school ~
▪ drinking , voting , working
▪ mental , reading ( esp. BrE )
VERB + AGE
▪ attain , get to , live to , reach
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When you get to my ~ you get a different perspective on life.
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She lived to the ~ of 75.
▪ act , feel , look
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Act your ~!
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She was beginning to feel her ~ (= feel that she was getting old) .
▪ lower , raise
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The voting ~ was lowered from 21 to 18 years.
AGE + NOUN
▪ group , range
▪ limit
PREPOSITION
▪ at a/the ~
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At your ~ I had already started work.
▪ between the ~s
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children between the ~s of five and eleven
▪ by the ~
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He could read by the ~ of four.
▪ for sb's ~
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He's quite a big boy for his ~.
▪ over (the) ~
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Twelve million people are over retirement ~.
▪ under ~
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It is illegal to sell alcohol to children who are under ~ (= not legally old enough) .
▪ under the ~
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It is illegal to sell alcohol to children under the ~ of 18.
▪ with ~
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A lot of wines improve with ~.
▪ ~ of
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He left school at the ~ of 18.
PHRASES
▪ the ~ of consent
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The general ~ of consent for sexual activity is 16.
▪ sb's own ~
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She needs a friend of her own ~ to play with.
▪ years of ~
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He's 20 years of ~.
2 period of history
ADJECTIVE
▪ another , bygone , different
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This exquisite little hotel seemed to belong to a different ~.
▪ Bronze , Ice , Stone
▪ computer , digital , industrial , modern , nuclear , etc.
▪ Elizabethan , Victorian , etc.
▪ golden
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the golden ~ of Hollywood
PREPOSITION
▪ during the … ~
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He lived during the Victorian ~.
▪ in a/the ~
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She lived in an ~ when few women became politicians.
▪ through the ~s
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an exhibition of Islamic art through the ~s
▪ ~ of
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the ~ of the computer
PHRASES
▪ in this day and ~ (= in the period we now live in)
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Why dress so formally in this day and ~?
3 ages/an age ( esp. BrE ) a very long time
VERB + AGES/AN AGE
▪ spend , take
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It took an ~ for us all to get on the boat.
PHRASES
▪ absolutely ~s
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I've been sitting here for absolutely ~s.
▪ ~s ago
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Carlos left ~s ago.
▪ for ~s
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We had to wait for ~s!
II.
verb
ADVERB
▪ a lot , really
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The shock has ~d her a lot.
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My mother has really ~d since she got sick.
▪ a little
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He had put on weight and ~d a little.
▪ quickly , rapidly
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a rapidly ageing/aging population
▪ prematurely
▪ gracefully , well
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This wine has not ~d well.
Age is used with these nouns as the subject: ↑ population , ↑ skin , ↑ wine
Age is used with these nouns as the object: ↑ skin , ↑ wine