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ageing

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age·ing  (jng)
n. Chiefly British
Variant of aging.

ageing or aging
Noun
the fact or process of growing old
Adjective
becoming or appearing older
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.ageing - acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
mellowing - the process of becoming mellow
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
2.ageingageing - the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
catabiosis - normal aging of cells
biological process, organic process - a process occurring in living organisms
Adj.1.ageing - growing old
old - (used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age; "his mother is very old"; "a ripe old age"; "how old are you?"

ageing or aging
adjective 1. growing old or older, declining, maturing, deteriorating, mellowing, in decline, senile, long in the tooth, senescent, getting on or past it (informal)
Translations
ageing [ˈeɪdʒɪŋ] adjque envejece;
(pej) → en declive
ageing [ˈeɪdʒɪŋ] adjvieillissant(e)
ageing [ˈeɪdʒɪŋ] age adj [person, population] → alternd; [thing] → älter werdend; [system, technology] → veraltend
ageing [ˈeɪdʒɪŋ] adjche diventa vecchio/a;
an ageing film star → una diva stagionata


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The Foreign Office especially is ageing its men fast these few years.
Fyne, in remembering the details, in finding adequate words--or any words at all--was in itself a terribly enlightening, an ageing process.
But while the collapse of the previous great civilisation, that of Rome, had been a matter of centuries, had been a thing of phase and phase, like the ageing and dying of a man, this, like his killing by railway or motor car, was one swift, conclusive smashing and an end.
 
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