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# age

«age» in Mova's school dictionary: **how many years you have lived** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (age, ages); verb (age, ages, aged, ageing or aging)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Your age is how many years you have lived. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#m1)

2) An age is a long period of history, like the Stone Age or the Ice Age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#m2)

3) «Ages» means a very long time, as in «I waited for ages». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#m3)

4) To age is to grow older. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

a number of years; problems compare ages now, in the past and in the future; in history, ages of time; phrases «at the age of», «under age», «for ages», «age group», «the same age»

### examples

- Tom's age is 9. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x1)
- In 5 years, Mia will be twice her brother's age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x2)
- What is the sum of their ages? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x3)
- Her father's age is 4 times her age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x4)
- She learned to read at the age of five. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x5)
- Children under the age of 12 need an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x6)
- We waited ages for the bus. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x7)
- Dinosaurs lived long before the Ice Age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x8)
- My cousin and I are the same age. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x9)
- Cheese gets stronger as it ages. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x10)
- What respect is shown to old age in these days? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x11)

### note

An age grows by the same number of years for every person. Trap: «in 5 years» adds 5 to every age, and «5 years ago» takes 5 from every age; the difference between two ages stays the same. «Ages» (a long time) is not a number.

### In the corpora

- [Some illnesses in old age never go away; doctors call them chronic, and they can be controlled but not cured.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/23-when-grandma-and-grandad-need-more-help/1/)
- [Running and other exercise release chemicals in the brain that lift mood, and free weekly parkruns are open to all ages.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/29-screens-diets-sofas-and-late-nights/12/)
- [Every age had its gossip papers; the screens are new, the gossip is not.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/10/)
- [Rewatching a favourite film is a comfort at any age; grown-ups do it too.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/55-favourite-films-and-series-spoilers-binge-watching-streaming-and-adverts/9/)
- [A grown-up's or teenager's profile on a streaming app shows films for their age, not yours.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/58-landing-on-an-18-film-by-accident/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «age» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.