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old age

noun

  1. the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65.


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Other Word Forms

  • DZ- adjective
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Word History and Origins

Origin of old age1

Middle English word dating back to 1300–50
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However, the past couple of weeks should disabuse anyone of the hope that they can wait for old age or the law to stop Trump.

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Legendary Swedish screen siren Greta Garbo declared in 1941 at the ripe old age of 36 that she would be taking a "temporary" retirement.

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They enter old age with little or no savings, medical problems without adequate coverage, a necessity to work in order to eat and have a place to live, and, unsurprisingly, increasing rates of bankruptcy filings.

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The estimates could change though, and the life expectancy figures are for populations - they do not mean that each individual person will live into old age.

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While dementia is often seen as a disease of old age, about 5% of people with dementia are classed as having young-onset dementia.

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