middle agenoun [ U ]
uk/ˌmɪd.əl ˈeɪdʒ/us/ˌmɪd.əl ˈeɪdʒ/the period of your life, usually considered to be from about 45 to 60 years old, when you are no longer young, but are not yet old:
Once you reach middle age, you have to be sensible about your health.
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Stages of life
- adolescence
- adulthood
- arrive
- autumn
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood
- decline
- get on
- girlhood
- glory days
- golden age
- heyday
- middlescence
- midlife
- midlife crisis
- old age
- prime
- twilight
- twilight years idiom
- youth
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