1. subst. The whole duration of a being, whether animal, plant, or other kind, being alive.
2. subst. The number of full years, months, days, hours, etc., that someone, or something, has been alive.
3. subst. One of the stages of life.
the age of infancy
4. subst. The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
the age of consent; the age of discretion
5. subst. A particular period of time in history, as distinguished from others.
the golden age; the age of Pericles
6. subst. 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
7. subst. A period of one hundred years; a century.
8. subst. The people who live during a particular period.
9. subst. A generation.
There are three ages living in her house.
10. subst. (hyperbole) A long time.
It’s been an age since we last saw you.
11. subst. (geology) A unit of geologic time subdividing an epoch into smaller parts.
12. subst. (poker) 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.
13. subst. 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?
14. subst. 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
15. subst. An advanced period of life; the latter part of life; the state of being old; eld, seniority.
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
16. v. To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
Grief ages us.
17. v. (transitive, figuratively) 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.
18. v. (transitive, accounting) To categorize by age.
One his first assignments was to age the accounts receivable.
19. v. (intransitive) To grow aged; to become old; to show marks of age.
1. subst. The fruit of the date palm, Phoenix dactylifera, somewhat in the shape of an olive, containing a soft, sweet pulp and enclosing a hard kernel.
We made a nice cake from dates.
2. subst. The date palm.
There were a few dates planted around the house.
3. subst. The addition to a writing, inscription, coin, etc., which specifies the time (especially the day, month, and year) when the writing or inscription was given, executed, or made.
the date of a letter, of a will, of a deed, of a coin, etc.
US date : 05/24/08 = Tuesday, May 24th, 2008. UK date : 24/05/08 = Tuesday 24th May 2008.
4. subst. A specific day in time at which a transaction or event takes place, or is appointed to take place; a given point of time.
the date for pleading
The start date for the festival is September 2.
Do you know the date of the wedding?
We had to change the dates of the festival because of the flooding.
5. subst. A point in time.
You may need that at a later date.
6. subst. (rare) Assigned end; conclusion.
7. subst. (obsolete) Given or assigned length of life; duration.
8. subst. A pre-arranged meeting.
I arranged a date with my Australian business partners.
9. subst. One's companion for social activities or occasions.
I brought Melinda to the wedding as my date.
10. subst. A romantic meeting or outing with a lover or potential lover, or the person so met.
We really hit it off on the first date, so we decided to meet the week after.
We slept together on the first date.
The cinema is a popular place to take someone on a date.
11. v. To note the time of writing or executing; to express in an instrument the time of its execution.
to date a letter, a bond, a deed, or a charter
12. v. To note or fix the time of (an event); to give the date of.
13. v. To determine the age of something.
to date the building of the pyramids
14. v. To take (someone) on a date, or a series of dates.
15. v. (transitive, by extension) To have a steady relationship with; to be romantically involved with.
16. v. (reciprocal, by extension) To have a steady relationship with each other; to be romantically involved with each other.
They met a couple of years ago, but have been dating for about five months.
17. v. (intransitive) To become old, especially in such a way as to fall out of fashion, become less appealing or attractive, etc.
This show hasn't dated well.
18. v. (intransitive, with from) To have beginning; to begin; to be dated or reckoned.
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