agedadjective
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd//eɪdʒd/us/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd//eɪdʒd/aged adjective (AGE)
A2 usuk/eɪdʒd/[ before noun ] of the age of:
They've got one daughter, Isabel, aged three.
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- This TV series is intended for young people aged 13 to 18.
- The competition is open to anyone aged 18 or over.
- Simson, aged 19, was convicted on two charges of burglary.
- About 23% of men and women aged 25 to 34 said they had lived with a partner without getting married.
- If you are a healthy male aged between 35 and 40, you could take part in our medical research.
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Describing age & birthdays
- a ripe old age idiom
- age group
- age limit
- 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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aged adjective (OLD)
usuk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/old:
She has two rather aged aunts.
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Describing people who are old
- ageing
- ageless
- aging
- as old as Methuselah idiom
- auntie
- elderly
- foot
- for a man/woman/person of his/her years idiom
- gaga
- geriatric
- grand old age idiom
- grey
- have had its/your day idiom
- have one foot in the grave idiom
- hoary
- pensionable
- sprightly
- spry
- superannuated
- year
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agednoun [ plural ]
uk/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/us/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/the aged
old people when considered as a group:
The hospital was built to meet the needs of the aged.
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The elderly
- a ripe old age idiom
- ageism
- agism
- centenarian
- codger
- crock
- geriatric
- geriatrics
- gerontology
- old
- old age
- old age pensioner
- old boy
- old girl
- senile
- senior citizen
- septuagenarian
- seventies
- sexagenarian
- the gray dollar
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