age group

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noun

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

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Nearby words

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

Origin of age group

First recorded in 1900–05

Dictionary.com Unabridged Based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2019

Examples 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