aged
Americanadjective
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having lived or existed long; of advanced age; old.
an aged man;
an aged tree.
- Synonyms:
- ancient
- Antonyms:
- young
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pertaining to or characteristic of old age.
aged wrinkles.
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of the age of.
a man aged 40 years.
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brought to maturity or mellowness, as wine, cheese, or wood.
aged whiskey.
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Physical Geography. old; approaching the state of a peneplain.
noun
adjective
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advanced in years; old
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( as collective noun; preceded by the )
the aged
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of, connected with, or characteristic of old age
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(postpositive) having the age of
a woman aged twenty
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geography (not in technical use) having reached an advanced stage of erosion
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of aged
First recorded in 1375–1425; late Middle English; see age, -ed 2
Example Sentences
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Two other women aged 17 and 24, who had come to submit enrolment documents were also injured, the state news agency reported.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
Magaña leaves behind three sons and two daughters, aged 11-22.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026
Renshaw scored 184 in his fourth Test against Pakistan in January 2017 after being handed a debut aged 20, but averaged 19.41 across 10 Tests before being recalled earlier this year.
From BBC ● Oct. 10, 2026
I came in fourth out of four men aged 30-39—in other words, LAST—despite strong showings on the air bike and in an emotional-skills test where you gauge the expressions of faces on a screen.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 9, 2026
They lay curled closely together in a hollow filled with sweet-scented needles, under an aged, spreading balsam tree, near the banks of the the stream.
From "The Incredible Journey" by Sheila Burnford
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