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aged
[ ey-jid eyjd ]
adjective
- having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old:
an aged man;
an aged tree.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- pertaining to or characteristic of old age:
aged wrinkles.
- of the age of:
a man aged 40 years.
- brought to maturity or mellowness, as wine, cheese, or wood:
aged whiskey.
- Physical Geography. old; approaching the state of a peneplain.
noun
- 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
- advanced in years; old
- ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the aged
- of, connected with, or characteristic of old age
- ɪ postpositive having the age of
a woman aged twenty
- geography not in technical use having reached an advanced stage of erosion
Other Word Forms
- g· adverb
- g·Ա noun
- · adjective
- ܲ· adjective
- ɱ- adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
They are concerned about whether the government can offer them a pension – over the next decade, about 300 million people, who are currently aged 50 to 60, are set to leave the Chinese workforce.
The court will only hear from 10 out of the 12 people who were arrested in 2017, as one died last month, and another, aged 81, will be excused as he has advanced dementia.
It also wants to make dental care cheaper, by opening applications to a national insurance programme for 4.5 million Canadians aged 18 to 64.
Two women, aged 19 and 31, were taken to hospital for treatment following the incident, with one later being discharged.
They added that business could claim employer NICs relief for some eligible staff including those aged under 21 and for apprentices under the age of 25.
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