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Ages
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ages
n.
(Informal) long or extended period of time (Example: "She left the house ages ago")
age
n.
length of time that a person or organism has been alive; length of time that an object has existed; period, era; generation
v.
grow older, mature
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Ages
Ages may refer to:
- Advanced glycation end-products, known as AGEs
- Ages, Kentucky
- Ages (album) by German electronic musician Edgar Froese
- The geologic time scale, a system of chronological measurement that relates stratigraphy to time
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Advanced glycation end-product
In human nutrition and biology, advanced glycation end products, known as AGEs, are substances that can be a factor in the development or worsening of many degenerative diseases, such as diabetes, atherosclerosis, chronic renal failure, and Alzheimer's disease.
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age
Noun
1. how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"
(hypernym) property
(hyponym) chronological age
(attribute) mature
2. an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"
(synonym) historic period
(hypernym) era, epoch
(hyponym) Elizabethan age
(part-holonym) history
3. a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"
(synonym) eld
(hypernym) time of life
(hyponym) age of consent
(part-holonym) life, lifetime, lifespan
(derivation) senesce, get on, mature, maturate
4. a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
(synonym) old age, years, eld, geezerhood
(hypernym) time of life
(hyponym) dotage, second childhood, senility
(part-meronym) sixties, mid-sixties
5. a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"
(synonym) long time, years
(hypernym) time period, period of time, period
(hyponym) long
Verb
1. begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"
(hypernym) develop
2. grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"
(synonym) senesce, get on, mature, maturate
(hypernym) develop
(hyponym) turn
(derivation) eld
3. make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"
(antonym) rejuvenate
(hypernym) change, alter, modify
(cause) senesce, get on, mature, maturate
(derivation) old age, years, eld, geezerhood
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age
nm.
age, length of time that a person or organism has been alive; length of time that an object has existed; period, era; generation
âge
nm.
age, length of time that a person or organism has been alive; length of time that an object has existed; period, era; generation
âgé
adj.
old, aged
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agir
v.
act, behave
