age: meaning and words from its letters
3 letters · 4 letter points · starts with A · ends with E
Meaning of age
noun
- countable
The amount of time that some being has been alive, or that some thing has been in existence, as measured from its birth or origin until the present or until some other given reference point. (Often measured in number of years; alternatively in months, days, hours, etc.; see also the usage notes)
Example: "What is the age of your oldest child?" — "He's ten." (ten years old)
- uncountable
The state of being old; the latter part of life.
Example: Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age, sometimes age just shows up all by itself.
- countable
Any particular stage of life.
Example: the age of infancy
- countable
The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
Example: the age of consent; the age of discretion
Listed forms: ages.
Source: Wiktionary — age.
verb
- intransitive
To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age.
Example: He grew fat as he aged.
- intransitive, usually
To grow aged; to become old or older; to show marks of age. To suffer the passage of time so as to later be viewed or turn out in a certain way.
Example: His prediction that we didn't stand a chance hasn't aged well, now that we've won the cup.
- transitive
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to.
Example: Grief ages us.
- transitive
To cause to grow old; to impart the characteristics of age to. To allow to mature.
Example: We age the whiskey for five years.
Listed forms: ages, aging, ageing, aged.
Source: Wiktionary — age.
Adapted from Wiktionary contributors via Kaikki.org. Selected senses and forms; quotations omitted. Definition text is CC BY-SA 4.0.
Synonyms by meaning
Words are grouped by sense, so they are not necessarily interchangeable in every context. Search synonyms for age.
noun
an era of history having some distinctive feature
- historic period
noun
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
noun
a prolonged period of time
- long time
- years
noun
a late time of life
Open English WordNet Team, 2025, derived from Princeton University WordNet; selected synonym groups under CC BY 4.0. Source · OEWN notice · Princeton notice.
Is age in our word lists?
| Word list | Status |
|---|---|
| American English | Found |
| British English | Found |
| Extended English | Found |
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Letter-value score of age
A(1) + G(2) + E(1) = 4 points.
This is a sum of letter values without board bonuses or word multipliers. A blank tile is worth zero: subtract the value of each letter supplied by a blank. The score does not establish game validity. Full letter-value table.
Anagrams of age
0 other standard-list words use exactly these letters, including repeated letters.
No other single-word anagram was found in our standard list.
Shorter words from age
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