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• past tense form of age.
• past participle 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

Sixth-form colleges providing free education to students aged 16 to 18 cannot currently reclaim VAT through the government's rebate scheme.

From BBC ● Oct. 22, 2026

The nationally representative dataset included 30,000 adults aged 20 and older, each of whom completed two 24-hour dietary recalls.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The study, published online in the Journal of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics, examined dietary information from 30,000 American adults aged 20 and older.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 22, 2026

The latest snapshot of the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification projects that more than four million children aged six months to five years old will need treatment for acute malnutrition next year.

From Barron's ● Oct. 20, 2026

Proud of bearing so beautiful a gift the aged creature carried it to Procne, who was still wearing deep mourning for her sister and whose spirit was as mournful as her garments.

From "Mythology: Timeless Tales of Gods and Heroes" by Edith Hamilton

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