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• past participle of age.
• past tense form of age.

aged

American  

[ey-jid, eyjd] / ˈeɪ dʒɪd, eɪdʒd /

adjective

1. having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old.

   an aged man;

   an aged tree.

   Synonyms:

   ancient

   Antonyms:

   young

2. pertaining to or characteristic of old age.

   aged wrinkles.

3. of the age of.

   a man aged 40 years.

4. brought to maturity or mellowness, as wine, cheese, or wood.

   aged whiskey.

5. Physical Geography. old; approaching the state of a peneplain.

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noun

(used with a plural verb)

1. old people collectively.

   We must have improved medical care for the aged.

   It seems we all, aged and young alike, live in a kind of continuum of existence.

aged British  

/ ˈeɪdʒɪd /

adjective

1. 1. advanced in years; old

   2. ( as collective noun; preceded by the )

      the aged

2. of, connected with, or characteristic of old age

3. (postpositive) having the age of

   a woman aged twenty

4. geography (not in technical use) having reached an advanced stage of erosion

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Other Word Forms

• agedness
  noun
• preaged
  adjective
• unaged
  adjective
• well-aged
  adjective
• agedly
  adverb

Etymology

Origin of aged

First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; see age, -ed ²

Example Sentences

For Respect for the Aged day in 2010, Tokyo officials decided to honor a 111-year-old man named Sogen Kato.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Aged 38, the 2026 tournament is his final chance.

From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026

Aged 15, he left school and got a job as a reporter for the Penarth Times.

From BBC • Jun. 2, 2026

Aged 37, time is not on Verhoeven's side, but there will undoubtedly be further opportunities.

From BBC • May 24, 2026

I soon fell asleep before Wemmick’s fire, and the Aged and I enjoyed one another’s society by falling asleep before it more or less all day.

From "Great Expectations" by Charles Dickens

Related Words

• elderly