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under-ageˈ adjective - (done, participated in, etc, by someone) not yet of full, or the required, age
- Immature
age /āj/ noun- Duration of life
- The time during which a person or thing has lived or existed
- The time of life reached
- Mature years
- Legal maturity
- The time or fact of being old
- Equivalence in development to the average of an actual age
- A period of time
- Any great division of world, human, or individual history
- A generation
- A century
- (esp in pl) a long time, however short (informal)
intransitive verb (aging or ageing /ājˈing/; aged /ājd/)- To grow old
- To develop the characteristics of old age
- To mature
transitive verb- To make to seem old or to be like the old
- To determine the age of
ORIGIN: OFr aäge (Fr âge), from L aetās, -ātis, for aevitās, from L aevum age aged /ājˈid/ adjective - Advanced in age, old
- /ājd/ of the age of
- Subjected to aging, eg aged timbers
plural noun /ājˈid/ (usu with the) Old people agedness /ājˈid-nis/ noun The condition of being aged ageˈism noun Discrimination on grounds of age ageˈist noun and adjective ageˈless adjective - Never growing old, perpetually young
- Timeless
ageˈlessness noun ageˈlong adjective Lasting an age agˈing or ageˈing noun - The process of growing old or developing qualities of the old
- Maturing
- Change in properties that occurs in certain metals at atmospheric temperature after heat treatment or cold-working
ageˈ-bracket noun The people between particular ages, taken as a group age group noun A group of people of a similar age age hardening noun Hardening of metals by spontaneous structural changes over time age limit noun The age under or over which one may not do something ageˈ-long adjective Having been in existence for a long time age of consent see under consent age of discretion see under discretion ageˈ-old adjective Very old, ancient be or act your age! Don't be childish be ages with (Scot) To be the same age as (come) of age (to become) old enough to be considered legally mature (with respect to voting, crime, contracts, marriage, etc) of an age Of the same or similar age over age Too old under age - Too young
- Not yet of age
under /unˈdər/ preposition- Beneath
- Below
- In or to a position lower than that of, esp vertically lower
- At the foot of
- Within, on the covered side of
- Short of
- In or into subjection, subordination, obligation, liability, etc, to
- In course of
- In the state of
- (of cultivated land) supporting a specified crop
- By the authority or attestation of
- In accordance with
- In the aspect of
- Referred to the class, heading, name, etc, of
- In the reign or administration of
- Within the influence of (a particular sign of the zodiac)
adverb- In or to a lower (esp vertically lower) position
- In or into a lower degree or condition
- In or into subjection
- In or into a covered, submerged or hidden state
- In a state of unconsciousness (informal)
- Below
- Under par (golf)
adjective- Lower
- Subordinate
- Falling short
ORIGIN: OE under; Gothic undar, ON undir, Ger unter, L infrā unˈderling noun - A disparaging word for a subordinate
- A weakling (archaic)
unˈdermost adjective - Lowest
- Inmost
adverb In or to the undermost place under-and-over see over-and-under under over go, knock or snow under see go1, knock, snow1 under age, arms, canvas, etc see under age, arm2, canvas, etc. under starter's orders see under start under-the-counter see under counter2 under the lee To the leeward |