age limitnoun [ C ]
uk/ˈeɪdʒ ˌlɪm.ɪt/us/ˈeɪdʒ ˌlɪm.ɪt/the age at which a person is allowed or not allowed to do something:
the upper age limit
The lower age limit for buying cigarettes in the UK is 16.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- aged
- be knocking (on) 60, 70, etc. idiom
- birthday
- gone
- junior
- octogenarian
- old
- on the right/wrong side of 40, 50, etc. idiom
- put years on sb idiom
- rising
- senior
- take years off sb idiom
- teens
- this side of sth idiom
- turn
- twenty-first
- when sb was a (mere) twinkle in their father's eye idiom
- year
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