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middle-aged

[ mid-l-eyjd ]

adjective

  1. being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
  2. characteristic of or suitable for persons of this age.


middle-aged

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or being in the time in a person's life between youth and old age
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other Word Forms

  • ·-·· [mid, -l-, ey, -jid-lee, -, eyjd, -], adverb
  • d-g·Ա noun
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Word History and Origins

Origin of middle-aged1

First recorded in 1600–10
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Example Sentences

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"It was two billionaire, middle-aged men thinking it was WWE in the hall of the West Wing," a witness told the outlet.

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"There's loads of controversy around here," says a middle-aged couple that live nearby.

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My kids became middle-aged before I became decrepit.

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Irish author Roddy Doyle's book Two Pints, about two middle-aged men reflecting on life over a drink in a Dublin pub, gets its UK stage premiere at Coventry's Belgrade Theatre, 2-24 May.

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America's young people are now as unhappy as middle-aged people.

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