age group

noun

persons of approximately the same age and often of the same sex, nationality, educational or social background, etc.

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decorum
the act of or need for making up one's mind.
dignified propriety of behavior, speech, dress, etc.
a company of singers, especially an organized group employed in church service.
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Origin of age group

First recorded in 1900–05

Words nearby age group

agc, agcy., age, age allowance, age cannot wither her, nor custom stale / her infinite variety, age group, age hardening, age of anxiety, age of aquarius, age of consent, age of discretion
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Example sentences from the Web for age-group

  • The age-group 15 to 20 shows very curious variations in the relative mortality of males and females.

    Women in Modern Industry|B. L. Hutchins

  • Also disturbing are statistics showing that most of those apprehended for it are in the eighteen-to-thirty-year age-group.

    Area Handbook for Bulgaria|Eugene K. Keefe, Violeta D. Baluyut, William Giloane, Anne K. Long, James M. Moore, and Neda A. Walpole