Ageing can be categorized as a noun, an adjective and a verb.
Adjective |
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| ageing - growing old | ||
Verb |
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| age - make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously" | ||
| age - begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast" | ||
| age - grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce" | ||
Noun |
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| ageing - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age | ||
| ageing - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time |
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| 1. | adj. | The pharmaceutical company is looking for the Elixir of Life to stop the ageing process. | |
| 2. | noun | Keeping your heart fit and strong can slow down the ageing of your brain, say researchers. | |
| 3. | noun | The advantage of ageing is that one doesn't demand anymore the things that one failed to obtain in one's youth through lack of money. | |
| 4. | noun | It was replaced because of its age. | |
| 5. | noun | She was now of school age. | |
| 6. | noun | We live in a litigious age. | |
| 7. | noun | Old age is not for sissies. | |
| 8. | noun | Age hasn't slowed him down at all. | |
| 9. | noun | Austin Aaron Bernard III, 36, was arrested on a charge of aggravated rape of a child under the age of 13. | |
| 10. | noun | Half of the population of the Arab world is under the age of 20, the most receptive age to incitement, guaranteeing two more generations of blind hatred. | |
| 11. | noun | Third, with the "new age" Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in charge of the investigation, it is not likely we could do better in striking the appropriate balance between due process and national security. | |
| 12. | noun | As we are living in an age where intellectual capital is so valuable, it is important for every young person to obtain the very best possible education they can. | |
| 13. | noun | Kathy McMahon suggested that I contact you in an effort to gather information on: Enron's Affirmative Action Policy and plans; as well as demographic analysis of workforce (gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality). | |
| 14. | noun | Increases the capacity to work until 75-80 years of age. | |
| 15. | noun | Paul admitted that he made Linda suffer a lot, but he didn't say that it was because he felt insecure as a man due to his womanish face and effeminate manners and also because with his age his sexual power was not the same, even though it has never been much. | |
| 16. | noun | They can be bleak and eerie, often very exposed, often covered with antiquities like bronze age burial mounds, stone circles and settlements--until late in the bronze age they were rich farmlands,then a change in the climate caused the skies to cloud over and rain to wash the goodness from the soil. | |
| 17. | verb | Nothing makes us age more quickly than the thought that we're ageing quickly. | |
| 18. | verb | Nothing makes us age quicker than the thought that we're ageing quickly. | |
| 19. | verb | Nothing makes us age faster than the thought that we're ageing fast. | |
| 20. | verb | The death of his wife caused him to age fast. | |
| 21. | verb | We age every day--what a depressing thought! | |
| 22. | verb | In the parent's mind, a child grows but does not age. | |
| 23. | verb | I want to age gracefully. | |
| 24. | verb | After Grandma's sudden death, Grandpa began to age rapidly. | |
| 25. | verb | As we age, our ability to remember gets worse. | |
| 26. | verb | Women age faster than men. | |
| 27. | verb | Zebras become progressively more ill-tempered as they age, which militates against their domestication. | |
| 28. | verb | Whoever doesn't take care of themselves will get worse as they age. | |
| 29. | verb | Those who want to know everything will age quickly. | |
| 30. | verb | As we age, we become set in our ways. | |
| 31. | verb | Like good wine, women mellow when they age. |
| Sentence | |
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| adj. | |
| The pharmaceutical company is looking for the Elixir of Life to stop the ageing process. | |
| noun | |
| Keeping your heart fit and strong can slow down the ageing of your brain, say researchers. | |
| The advantage of ageing is that one doesn't demand anymore the things that one failed to obtain in one's youth through lack of money. | |
| It was replaced because of its age. |
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| She was now of school age. |
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| We live in a litigious age. |
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| Old age is not for sissies. |
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| Age hasn't slowed him down at all. |
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| Austin Aaron Bernard III, 36, was arrested on a charge of aggravated rape of a child under the age of 13. |
|
| Half of the population of the Arab world is under the age of 20, the most receptive age to incitement, guaranteeing two more generations of blind hatred. |
|
| Third, with the "new age" Efrem Zimbalist, Jr. in charge of the investigation, it is not likely we could do better in striking the appropriate balance between due process and national security. |
|
| As we are living in an age where intellectual capital is so valuable, it is important for every young person to obtain the very best possible education they can. |
|
| Kathy McMahon suggested that I contact you in an effort to gather information on: Enron's Affirmative Action Policy and plans; as well as demographic analysis of workforce (gender, age, ethnic origin, nationality). |
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| Increases the capacity to work until 75-80 years of age. |
|
| Paul admitted that he made Linda suffer a lot, but he didn't say that it was because he felt insecure as a man due to his womanish face and effeminate manners and also because with his age his sexual power was not the same, even though it has never been much. |
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| They can be bleak and eerie, often very exposed, often covered with antiquities like bronze age burial mounds, stone circles and settlements--until late in the bronze age they were rich farmlands,then a change in the climate caused the skies to cloud over and rain to wash the goodness from the soil. |
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| verb | |
| Nothing makes us age more quickly than the thought that we're ageing quickly. | |
| Nothing makes us age quicker than the thought that we're ageing quickly. | |
| Nothing makes us age faster than the thought that we're ageing fast. | |
| The death of his wife caused him to age fast. |
|
| We age every day--what a depressing thought! |
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| In the parent's mind, a child grows but does not age. | |
| I want to age gracefully. | |
| After Grandma's sudden death, Grandpa began to age rapidly. | |
| As we age, our ability to remember gets worse. | |
| Women age faster than men. | |
| Zebras become progressively more ill-tempered as they age, which militates against their domestication. | |
| Whoever doesn't take care of themselves will get worse as they age. | |
| Those who want to know everything will age quickly. | |
| As we age, we become set in our ways. | |
| Like good wine, women mellow when they age. | |