SpellRight

SpellRight › Spelling

Common

age

The correct spelling is age.

How to pronounce age

/eɪd͡ʒ/
noun

IPA: /eɪd͡ʒ/

Say it like: Aje

The correct spelling is age. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive. For example: "the age of infancy"

Usage Examples

the age of infancy

the age of consent; the age of discretion

the golden age; the age of Pericles

Meanings

noun

  1. 1.The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
  2. 2.The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
  3. 3.One of the stages of life.
  4. 4.The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
  5. 5.A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.

verb

  1. 1.To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
  2. 2.To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
  3. 3.To categorize by age.
  4. 4.To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.

Similar words

Words related in meaning — check their spelling too.

View synonyms & usage examples