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nounthe period of human life between youth and old age, sometimes considered as the years between 45 and 65 or thereabout. Origin of middle ageMiddle English word dating back to 1350–1400 Words nearby middle agemiddelmannetjie, middelskot, midden, middie, middle, middle age, middle-aged, Middle Ages, middle-age spread, Middle America, Middle American Dictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for middle ageAs Victoria was buying pots and tea cups Monday, she told the middle-age shop assistants she was purchasing them for the ATO. Ukraine’s Home Front Grows War Weary|Anna Nemtsova|October 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST Now actors who weren't action stars in their youth are suddenly morphing into action stars in middle-age. Why Respected Screen Veterans Are Following Liam Neeson’s Footsteps|Andrew Romano|February 28, 2014|DAILY BEAST “The rate for middle-age suicides is slightly higher now for the first time in our history,” McIntosh says. Tony Scott’s Death a Reminder of the Quiet Scourge of Elderly Suicide|Eliza Shapiro|August 20, 2012|DAILY BEAST At the age of 25, middle-age in tennis, Nadal proved that he can still hit the ball. Rafael Nadal's Emotional Punch|Buzz Bissinger|June 6, 2011|DAILY BEAST
Many of the college-educated middle-age voters who backed the president in 2008 have turned against him in the intervening months. Long Live the GOP!|Reihan Salam|May 15, 2010|DAILY BEAST Yes, I saw it from the beginning, and your talk about the insurmountable wall of middle-age did not deceive me. Visionaries|James Huneker With quaint garb, rich trappings, and its bright color, the train lends an air of middle-age romance to the landscape. The Little Lady of Lagunitas|Richard Henry Savage She was still in the bloom of youth, at most seven-and-twenty, but she had all the calm assurance of middle-age. Phantom Fortune, A Novel|M. E. Braddon One of them, a tall, square-shouldered warrior of middle-age, caught one of her arms and helped her up. The Return of Tharn|Howard Carleton Browne Just approaching the middle-age period, sleep meant nothing to a man of his bulk. Dreamy Hollow|Sumner Charles Britton
British Dictionary definitions for middle age
nounthe period of life between youth and old age, usually (in man) considered to occur approximately between the ages of 40 and 60 Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 Words related to middle agemidlife Medical definitions for middle age
n.The time of human life between youth and old age, usually reckoned as the years between 40 and 60.midlife The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. |