[eɪdʒ], (Noun)

Definitions:
- the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed
(e.g: he died from a heart attack at the age of 51)

- a distinct period of history
(e.g: an age of technological growth)


Phrases:
- act one's age
- come of age
- of an age
- through the ages

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin aetas, aetat-, from aevum ‘age, era’

[eɪdʒ], (Verb)

Definitions:
- grow old or older
(e.g: the tiredness we feel as we age)


Phrases:
- act one's age
- come of age
- of an age
- through the ages

Origin:
Middle English: from Old French, based on Latin aetas, aetat-, from aevum ‘age, era’