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7 → see also aged , ageing , coming of age , dark age , golden age , Ice Age , Iron Age , middle age , Stone Age

8 PHRASE If someone tells you to act your age , they are telling you to behave in a way that is suitable for someone your age, because they think you are behaving in a childish way. [DISAPPROVAL ]

9 PHRASE If something comes of age , it reaches an important stage of development and is accepted by a large number of people. □  The New York Yankees' stadium is where baseball came of age.

10 PHRASE When someone comes of age , they become legally an adult. □  The company was to be held in trust for Eddie until he came of age.

11 PHRASE Someone who is under age is not legally old enough to do something, for example to buy an alcoholic drink. □  Because she was under age, her parents were still responsible for her. □  …under age smoking. SYNONYMS age NOUN 6

time:We are in one of the most severe recessions in modern times.

era:It was an era of austerity.

period:No reference to their existence appears in any literature of the period.

epoch:The birth of Christ was the beginning of a major epoch of world history.

a ge-appro priate ADJ Something that is age-appropriate is suitable for the age that a person is. □  That dress isn't really age-appropriate.

aged ◆◇◇ Pronounced /e I dʒd/ for meaning 1 , and /e I dʒ I d/ for meanings 2 and 3 . 1 ADJ You use aged followed by a number to say how old someone is. □  Alan has two children, aged eleven and nine.

2 ADJ [ADJ n] Aged means very old. □  She has an aged parent who's capable of being very difficult.

3 N‑PLURAL You can refer to all people who are very old as the aged . [OLD-FASHIONED ] □  …people who work with the aged.

4 → see also middle-aged

a ge group (age groups ) N‑COUNT An age group is the people in a place or organization who were born during a particular period of time, for example all the people aged between 18 and 25. □  …a style that would appeal to all age groups.

age|ing /e I dʒ I ŋ/ also aging

1 ADJ [usu ADJ n] Someone or something that is ageing is becoming older and less healthy or efficient. □  John lives with his ageing mother. □  Ageing aircraft need more frequent safety inspections.

2 N‑UNCOUNT Ageing is the process of becoming old or becoming worn out.

age|ism /e I dʒ I zəm/ N‑UNCOUNT Ageism is unacceptable behaviour that occurs as a result of the belief that older people are of less value than younger people. [DISAPPROVAL ]

age|ist /e I dʒ I st/ ADJ Ageist behaviour is unacceptable behaviour based on the belief that older people are of less value than younger people. [DISAPPROVAL ] □  …ageist bias from employers.

age|less /e I dʒləs/

1 ADJ If you describe someone as ageless , you mean that they never seem to look any older. [LITERARY ] □  She was rich, beautiful and seemingly ageless.

2 ADJ If you describe something as ageless , you mean that it is impossible to tell how old it is, or that it seems to have existed for ever. [LITERARY ] □  …the ageless oceans.

a ge lim|it (age limits ) N‑COUNT An age limit is the oldest or youngest age at which you are allowed under particular regulations to do something. □  In some cases there is a minimum age limit.

agen|cy ◆◆◇ /e I dʒənsi/ (agencies )

1 N‑COUNT An agency is a business which provides a service on behalf of other businesses. [BUSINESS ] □  We had to hire maids through an agency.

2 → see also advertising agency , employment agency , press agency , travel agency

3 N‑COUNT An agency is a government organization responsible for a certain area of administration. □  …the government agency which monitors health and safety at work in Britain. COLLOCATIONS agency NOUN

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