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age

US /eɪdʒ/

noun Foundation · A2 Đời sống hằng ngày

Definition

how long something has existed

Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.

Examples

Visitors of any age are welcome to join the guided museum tour.

Synonyms

  • eraa period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event
  • periodan amount of time
  • epocha period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event

Collocations

  • Easy at an early age
    indicating a specific point in time, place, or degree an early age
  • Medium statutory retirement age
    describing statutory retirement age (relating to or created by statutes)
  • Hard herald a new digital age
    to herald a new digital age, meaning to foreshadow or presage
  • Very Hard come of age as an industry titan
    to come of age as an industry titan, meaning to move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody

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