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aged
[ ey-jid eyjd ]
adjective
- having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old:
an aged man;
an aged tree.
Synonyms:
Antonyms:
- pertaining to or characteristic of old age:
aged wrinkles.
- of the age of:
a man aged 40 years.
- brought to maturity or mellowness, as wine, cheese, or wood:
aged whiskey.
- Physical Geography. old; approaching the state of a peneplain.
noun
- old people collectively:
We must have improved medical care for the aged.
It seems we all, aged and young alike, live in a kind of continuum of existence.
aged
/ ˈɪɪ /
adjective
- advanced in years; old
- ( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the aged
- of, connected with, or characteristic of old age
- ɪ postpositive having the age of
a woman aged twenty
- geography not in technical use having reached an advanced stage of erosion
Other Word Forms
- g· adverb
- g·Ա noun
- · adjective
- ܲ· adjective
- ɱ- adjective
Word History and Origins
Example Sentences
The leader of the Roman Catholic Church died on Easter Monday aged 88, after suffering a stroke.
The "nationwide enterprise" saw 14 women aged in their 20s and 30s being brought in as sex workers in South Yorkshire, London and Norfolk, Sheffield Crown Court heard.
Pope Francis, the first ever Latin American pope, died on Monday aged 88, following a period of ill health that led to him spending five weeks in hospital with double pneumonia.
Police have arrested and charged eight more people, aged 16 to 38, in an investigation into an ongoing gangland feud.
According to a 2025 electoral commission report, only 45% of people aged 11 to 25 say they are interested in UK politics.
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