Age vs. Paige: What's the Difference?
Age and Paige Definitions
Age
The length of time that a person or thing has existed
A man 23 years of age.
Wanted to know the age of the house.
Paige
United States baseball player; a Black pitcher noted for his longevity (1906-1982)
Age
The time of life when a person becomes qualified to assume certain civil and personal rights and responsibilities, usually at 18 or 21 years; legal age
Under age.
Of age.
Age
One of the stages of life
The age of adolescence.
At an awkward age.
Age
The state of being old; old age
Hair white with age.
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Age
A period of time marked by a distinctive characteristic, achievement, or figure
The Stone Age.
The computer age.
The Elizabethan Age.
Age
A period in the history of the earth, usually shorter than an epoch
The Ice Age.
Age
The period of history during which a person lives
A product of his age.
Age
A generation
Ages yet unborn.
Age
Ages(Informal) An extended period of time
Left ages ago.
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Age
To cause to become old or to show the signs of becoming old
The stress of the office visibly aged the president.
Age
To cause to mature or ripen under controlled conditions
Aging wine.
Age
To change (the characteristics of a device) through use, especially to stabilize (an electronic device).
Age
To become old or show signs of becoming old
Who doesn't want to age gracefully?.
Age
To develop a certain quality of ripeness; become mature
Cheese aging at room temperature.
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Age
(countable) The whole duration of a being, whether human, animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
Age
(countable) The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
Age
(countable) One of the stages of life.
The age of infancy
Age
(countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
The age of consent; the age of discretion
Age
(countable) A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
The golden age; the age of Pericles
Age
(countable) A great period in the history of the Earth.
The Bronze Age was followed by the Iron Age; the Tithonian Age was the last in the Late Jurassic epoch
Age
(astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and goverened by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
Age
(countable) A period of one hundred years; a century.
Age
(countable) The people who live during a particular period.
Age
(countable) A generation.
There are three ages living in her house.
Age
A long time.
It’s been an age since we last saw you.
Age
The shortest geochronologic unit, being a period of thousands to millions of years; a subdivision of an epoch (or sometimes a subepoch).
Age
The right of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
Age
(uncountable) That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; specifically the size of that part.
What is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
Age
(uncountable) Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities.
To come of age; she is now of age
Age
(uncountable) An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old, old age, senility; seniority.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
Age
(intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
He grew fat as he aged.
Age
To be viewed or turn out in some way after a certain time has passed.
His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.
Age
(transitive) To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
Grief ages us.
Age
To postpone an action that would extinguish something, as a debt.
Money's a little tight right now, let's age our bills for a week or so.
Age
To categorize by age.
One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
Age
(transitive) To indicate that a person has been alive for a certain period of time, especially a long one.
Age
The whole duration of a being, whether animal, vegetable, or other kind; lifetime.
Mine age is as nothing before thee.
Age
That part of the duration of a being or a thing which is between its beginning and any given time; as, what is the present age of a man, or of the earth?
Age
The latter part of life; an advanced period of life; seniority; state of being old.
Nor wrong mine age with this indignity.
Age
One of the stages of life; as, the age of infancy, of youth, etc.
Age
Mature age; especially, the time of life at which one attains full personal rights and capacities; as, to come of age; he (or she) is of age.
Age
The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested; as, the age of consent; the age of discretion.
Age
A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others; as, the golden age, the age of Pericles.
Truth, in some age or other, will find her witness.
Age
A great period in the history of the Earth.
Age
A century; the period of one hundred years.
Fleury . . . apologizes for these five ages.
Age
The people who live at a particular period; hence, a generation.
The way which the age follows.
Lo! where the stage, the poor, degraded stage,Holds its warped mirror to a gaping age.
Age
A long time.
Age
The right belonging to the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
Age
To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age; as, he grew fat as he aged.
They live one hundred and thirty years, and never age for all that.
I am aging; that is, I have a whitish, or rather a light-colored, hair here and there.
Age
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to; as, grief ages us.
Age
How long something has existed;
It was replaced because of its age
Age
An era of history having some distinctive feature;
We live in a litigious age
Age
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
Age
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
Age
A prolonged period of time;
We've known each other for ages
I haven't been there for years and years
Age
Begin to seem older; get older;
The death of his wife caused him to age fast
Age
Grow old or older;
She aged gracefully
We age every day--what a depressing thought!
Young men senesce
Age
Make older;
The death of his child aged him tremendously
