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The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
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The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
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One of the stages of life.
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the age of infancy
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The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
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the age of consent; the age of discretion
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A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
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the golden age; the age of Pericles
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A great period in the history of the Earth.
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the Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch
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A period of one hundred years; a century.
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The people who live during a particular period.
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A generation.
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There are three ages living in her house.
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A long time.
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It’s been an age since we last saw you.
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A unit of geologic time subdividing an epoch into smaller parts.
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The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
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That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
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What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
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Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
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to come of age; she is now of age
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An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old; eld, seniority.
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Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.