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# age

noun (age, ages); verb (age, ages, aged, ageing or aging)

«age» in the English dictionary: everyday and in Jewish tradition — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. Your age is how many years you have lived. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#m1)
2. An age is a long period of history, like the Stone Age or the Ice Age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#m2)
3. «Ages» means a very long time, as in «I waited for ages». [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#m3)
4. To age is to grow older. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#m4)

### In the lessons

a number of years; problems compare ages now, in the past and in the future; in history, ages of time; phrases «at the age of», «under age», «for ages», «age group», «the same age»

### Examples

- Tom's age is 9. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x1)
- In 5 years, Mia will be twice her brother's age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x2)
- What is the sum of their ages? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x3)
- Her father's age is 4 times her age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x4)
- She learned to read at the age of five. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x5)
- Children under the age of 12 need an adult. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x6)
- We waited ages for the bus. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x7)
- Dinosaurs lived long before the Ice Age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x8)
- My cousin and I are the same age. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x9)
- Cheese gets stronger as it ages. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x10)
- What respect is shown to old age in these days? [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/#x11)

### Note

An age grows by the same number of years for every person. Trap: «in 5 years» adds 5 to every age, and «5 years ago» takes 5 from every age; the difference between two ages stays the same. «Ages» (a long time) is not a number.

## In Jewish tradition

"Old age" and "well stricken in age" describe long life as a blessing. "Good old age" is promised to the righteous. Age is also the name of a man, the father of Shammah, one of David's mighty men.

**Interpretation.** Tradition sees a long life as a sign of favor and honors the old. The Torah commands rising before the aged. The prophets also show old age bringing weakness, such as failing eyesight and sick feet.

### Examples

- Now the eyes of Israel were dim for age, so that he could not see. (Torah GEN.48.10, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/age/#x1)
- And Abraham was old, well stricken in age; and the LORD had blessed Abraham in all things. (Torah GEN.24.1, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/age/#x2)
- But thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age. (Torah GEN.15.15, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/age/#x3)
- And after him was Shammah the son of Age the Ararite. (Prophets 2SA.23.11, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/age/#x4)
- But in the time of his old age he was diseased in his feet. (Prophets 1KI.15.23, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/age/#x5)
- Now Ahijah could not see; for his eyes were set by reason of his age. (Prophets 1KI.14.4, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/age/#x6)

### Note

An age grows by the same number of years for every person. Trap: «in 5 years» adds 5 to every age, and «5 years ago» takes 5 from every age; the difference between two ages stays the same. «Ages» (a long time) is not a number.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «age» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/A/age/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«age» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/age.html) on Mova free.
- [Trees and pragmatics of «age» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/A/age/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«age» in the Judaism dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/judaism/w/age.html) on Mova free.