Aged

/ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/ · adjective

Meaning

Old..

Definitions by Sense

1. Old.
2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.
3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.
4. (with definite article, collective) Old people, collectively.
5. simple past and past participle of age

Example Sentences

I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.

The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people.

Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.

John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.

Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

aged whiskey

The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper.

the aged

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Word Forms

• more aged
• further aged
• farther aged
• most aged
• furthest aged
• farthest aged
• agèd

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