middle age

American  

noun

1. the period of human life between youth and old age, sometimes considered as the years between 45 and 65 or thereabout.

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middle age British  

noun

1. the period of life between youth and old age, usually (in man) considered to occur approximately between the ages of 40 and 60

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Etymology

Origin of middle age

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400

Example Sentences

To ward off the unrelenting approach of middle age, last year I took up weight lifting and hired a personal trainer.

From The Wall Street Journal

"I'm approaching middle age so don't want to eat all day. My way of not eating all day is not eating breakfast," he says.

From BBC

But perhaps more important is that having junk in the trunk is no longer seen as a dreaded marker of middle age.

From Salon

But opposition parties have accused the government of eroding workers' rights and "pushing the country back to a labour middle age".

From BBC

Keaton again paired with Jack Nicholson in this 2003 romantic comedy about a pair of mismatched professionals who fall in love in late middle age despite their best efforts to the contrary.

From Los Angeles Times

Related Words

• midlife