Old+age

  • 11old age — index longevity Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 …

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  • 12old age — noun a late time of life (Freq. 1) old age is not for sissies he s showing his years age hasn t slowed him down at all a beard white with eld on the brink of geezerhood • Syn: ↑years, ↑ …

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  • 13old age — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ advanced, extreme ▪ happy ▪ She can look forward to a happy old age. ▪ lonely (esp. BrE) ▪ fears about a lonely o …

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  • 14old age — 1) N UNCOUNT: oft poss N Your old age is the period of years towards the end of your life. They worry about how they will support themselves in their old age... In old age the two men wrote each other wistful letters. Ant: youth 2) N UNCOUNT Old… …

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  • 15old age — noun (U) the part of your life when you are old: the effects of old age | in your old age: My aunt needed to be cared for in her old age …

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  • 16old age — UK / US noun [uncountable] the period of time when you are old More and more people are surviving into old age. my/your/her etc old age: I need someone to look after me in my old age …

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  • 17old age — noun The latter part of (human) life. Old age begins with the deterioration of physical abilities such as sight, hearing, walking (stick required), etc. or by definition at a certain age (eg. 80 in present times), and ends in death. People of old …

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  • 18old age — n. to live to a ripe old age * * * [ˌəʊld eɪdʒ] to live to a ripe old age …

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  • 19old age — cvb old′ age′ n. the last period of human life, now often considered to be the years after 65 • Etymology: 1300–50 old′ age′, adj …

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  • 20old age — I was not prepared to deal with my father s old age Syn: declining years, advanced years, age, agedness, oldness, winter/autumn of one s life, senescence, senility, dotage Ant: youth, childhood …

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