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

aged

American  

[ay-jid, ayjd] / 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

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Etymology

Origin of aged

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

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Example Sentences

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aged

Tyler, born Gaynor Hopkins, died in July aged 75 after undergoing emergency intestinal surgery in Portugal earlier this year.

From BBC ● Nov. 2, 2026

Under the Secure 2.0 legislation passed by Congress in 2022, people aged 60 to 63 who participate in workplace retirement plans can now contribute extra funds to their nest egg, up to $11,250.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 2, 2026

The 41-year-old has three sons aged 24, 21, and 19.

From Barron's ● Nov. 1, 2026

He plans on surfing there with his wife and two kids, aged 13 and 15.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 31, 2026

I sat on the side of my bed and rustled through the drawer of the night table, through the tissues and reading glasses and Christian Science leaflets belonging to one of Francis’s aged female relatives.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt

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