Age
nnoun.attributehow long something has existedAttributes:immature mature new old old immature young
Examples:- it was replaced because of its age
Hypernyms:property
Inherited Hypernyms:agepropertyattributeabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bone agechronological agedevelopmental agefertilization agefetal agegestational agemental agenewnessoldnessyoungness
Full Hyponyms:agednessancientnessbone agebrand-newnesschildishnesschronological agecrispnessdevelopmental agefetal agefreshnesshoarinesslongevitymental agemustinessnewnessobsoletenessold-fashionednessoldnessquaintnessrecencysenilitystalenessvintageyoungnessyouth
nnoun.timean era of history having some distinctive featureSynset:historic period
Examples:- we live in a litigious age
Part Holonyms:history
Hypernyms:epoch era
Inherited Hypernyms:historic perioderatime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:Jazz Ageantiquitygolden agereignturn of the century
Instance Hyponyms:Baroque Baroque era Baroque period Depression Great Depression Elizabethan age Age of Reason Enlightenment Harlem Renaissance Industrial Revolution technological revolution Italian Renaissance Dark Ages Middle Ages New Deal Reconstruction Reconstruction Period Reign of Terror Renaissance Renascence Restoration Victorian age
Full Hyponyms:antiquitygolden agejazz agereignturn of the century
nnoun.timea time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arisesSynset:eld
Examples:- she was now of school age
- tall for his eld
Derivationally Related Form:age
Part Holonyms:life life-time lifespan lifetime
Hypernyms:time of life
Inherited Hypernyms:agetime of lifetime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:age of consentdrinking agelegal agemajorityminoritynonagevoting age
Full Hyponyms:age of consentdrinking agemajorityminorityvoting age
nnoun.timea prolonged period of timeSynset:long time years
Examples:- we've known each other for ages
- I haven't been there for years and years
Hypernyms:period period of time time period
Inherited Hypernyms:long timetime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:aeonblue mooneonmonth of Sundaysyear dot
Full Hyponyms:blue mooneonmonth of sundaysyear dot
nnoun.timea late time of lifeSynset:eld geezerhood old age years
Examples:- old age is not for sissies
- he's showing his years
- age hasn't slowed him down at all
- a beard white with eld
- on the brink of geezerhood
Derivationally Related Form:geezerage
Hypernyms:time of life
Inherited Hypernyms:old agetime of lifetime periodfundamental quantitymeasureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:dotagesecond childhoodsenility
Part Meronyms:eighties mid-eighties mid-nineties nineties mid-seventies seventies mid-sixties sixties
vverb.changebegin to seem older; get olderExamples:- The death of his wife caused him to age fast
Hypernyms:develop
Inherited Hypernyms:agedevelopgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s | Sam and Sue --- (apply to: age)
vverb.changegrow old or olderSynset:get on maturate mature senesce
Examples:- She aged gracefully
- we age every day--what a depressing thought!
- Young men senesce
Derivationally Related Form:maturationagesenescent
Hypernyms:develop
Inherited Hypernyms:senescedevelopgrowincreasechange magnitudechange
Direct Hyponyms:dotefossilisefossilizeturn
Full Troponyms:dotefossilizeturn
Sentence Frame:Something ---s | Somebody ---s
vverb.changemake olderExamples:- The death of his child aged him tremendously
Antonyms:rejuvenate
Derivationally Related Form:age
Hypernyms:alter change modify
Inherited Hypernyms:agechange
Causes:age get on maturate mature senesce
Sentence Frame:Something ---s somebody