aged1 adjectiveaged2 adjective
agedaged1 /eɪdʒd/ ●●○ W3 adjective 
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- Children aged 10-plus will have their own Sunday lunchtime programme.
- He established that the body which was badly decomposed was that of a male aged between 16 and 25.
Longman Language Activatorways of saying how old someone is► be 5/10/35 etc
Collocations · Julie's going to be thirty next month.· When I was eighteen, I thought I knew everything.· Luke is three and Marie is seven.
► be 5/10/35 etc years old · Simone is nearly fifteen years old.· My sister got married when she was thirty-eight years old.
► be 5/10/35 etc years of age formal · He was tall, well-dressed and appeared to be about thirty-five years of age.· Elephants do not become sexually active until they are fifteen to eighteen years of age.
► aged 5/10/35 etc used especially in written descriptions: · The child, aged ten, was last seen in a park on Bishop Street.· A recent survey of youths aged thirteen to eighteen shows that twelve percent are smoking regularly. · Females aged eighteen to thirty-four have an increased risk of contracting the disease.
► 5-year-old/10-year-old etc (=aged 5/10/35 etc) used especially in written descriptions: · His ninety-five-year-old great-grandfather still rides his bike every day.· She has to pick up her twelve-year-old son from school at 3:30.· Twenty-one-year-old Elizabeth Parker will be the soloist in tonight's concert.
► of 5/10/35 etc use this especially to say what someone who is a particular age can do: · If a man of fifty-five loses his job, he'll never get another.· It's so simple, a child of four could use it.
► in your teens/20s/thirties/40s etc use this to give a general idea of how old someone is: · He was tall, with brown hair and dark eyes - I'd say he was in his forties.early twenties/30s etc: · In my early twenties, I applied for my first job as a teacher.mid-twenties/30s etc: · She's retired, but she's only in her mid-50s.late twenties/30s etc: · A lot of women in their late twenties start thinking about having a family.
► have turned 20/30 etc to have recently become 20, 30 etc: · McClelland recently turned forty.
► twenty-/thirty-/forty-something informal between the ages of 20 and 29, 30 and 39 etc: · a forty-something couple from Orlando
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a young/middle-aged/elderly couple
Phrases· A young couple with a baby have just moved into the house next door.
► die aged 35/50 etc· Her father died aged 84.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► aged 5/25 etcPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► middle-aged spread
aged 5/25 etc 5 etc years oldaged between- Darren, aged 5 years, had been found deliberately passing urine in the corner of his bedroom carpet.
- In 1990, 8799 children mainly aged 5 to 11 years were eligible for the study.
- It overwhelmingly favours people aged 25 to 35.
- Mark, aged 5 years, showed a variety of behaviour problems at home.
- More than half of working women are aged 25 to 44; more than seven in 10 are in the labor force.
- The dead man, aged 25 to 30, was not named.
- They also show absolute declines in the number of working men aged 25 to 44.
- At 40, you developed something flabby, disgusting and unavoidable called middle-aged spread and your waist disappeared along with your energy.
Police are looking for a man aged between 30 and 35. The course is open to children aged 12 and over.aged1 adjectiveaged2 adjective
ageda‧ged2 /ˈeɪdʒɪd/ adjective ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM THE CORPUS
Thesaurus- Among Anselm's contemporary bishops, Samson, the aged bishop of Worcester, represented the former.
- Children aged 10-plus will have their own Sunday lunchtime programme.
- Half blind and so rapidly aged.
- He established that the body which was badly decomposed was that of a male aged between 16 and 25.
- The aged naturalist was thus kept in touch with London affairs when compelled to stay in Essex on account of ill health and slender means.
THESAURUSperson► old
Collocations having lived for a long time: · an old man· I’m too old to learn a new language.
► elderly a polite word for old: · an elderly lady· a home for the elderly (=elderly people)· If you are elderly, you may be eligible for financial assistance.
► aging (also ageing British English) [only before noun] becoming old: · an ageing rock star· the problems of an ageing population
► aged [only before noun] written aged relatives are very old: · aged parents· She had to look after her aged aunt.
► elder brother/sister especially British English [only before noun] an older brother or sister. Elder sounds more formal than older: · I have two elder brothers.
► ancient [not usually before noun] informal very old – used humorously: · I’ll be 30 next year – it sounds really ancient!
► be getting on (in years) informal to be fairly old: · He’s 60 now, so he’s getting on a bit.
► be over the hill (also be past it British English) informal to be too old to do something: · Everyone thinks you’re past it when you get to 40.
► geriatric [only before noun] relating to medical care and treatment for old people: · a geriatric hospital· geriatric patients
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a young/middle-aged/elderly couple
Phrases· A young couple with a baby have just moved into the house next door.
► die aged 35/50 etc· Her father died aged 84.
PHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► middle-aged spread
1very old: - At 40, you developed something flabby, disgusting and unavoidable called middle-aged spread and your waist disappeared along with your energy.
my aged parents► see thesaurus at old2the aged [plural] old people: the care of children and the aged