middle age

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middle age

The time of human life between youth and old age, usually reckoned as the years between 40 and 60. Also called midlife.

middle age

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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Noun

middle age - the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)

time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state

adulthood, maturity - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed

change of life, menopause, climacteric - the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends

climacteric - a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause

Translations

middle age n → mezza età f inv

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Aelius Donatus Aristotelian logic Black Plague Bouvines chain armor chain armour chain mail courtly love Dark Ages dirty old man Donatus habergeon helot medieval Medieval Latin medieval Schoolman medievalism middle Middle Ages			And how inexpressibly sad it was to hear him prattling on of the ideal life, of socialism, of Walt Whitman and what not,--all the dear old quackeries,--while I was already settling down comfortably to a conservative middle age. The Quest of the Golden Girl by le Gallienne, Richard View in context The dashing young frigate captain, the man who in middle age was nothing loth to give chase single-handed in his seventy-four to a whole fleet, the man of enterprise and consummate judgment, the old Admiral of the Fleet, the good and trusted servant of his country under two kings and a queen, had felt correctly Nelson's influence, and expressed himself with precision out of the fulness of his seaman's heart. The Mirror of the Sea by Conrad, Joseph View in context There are some of us now reaching middle age who discover themselves to be lamenting the past in one respect if in none other, that there are no books written now for children comparable with those of thirty years ago. The Story of Doctor Dolittle by Lofting, Hugh View in context			mid-Victorian mid-water mid-wicket mid. Mida midafternoon midair Midas Midas touch Midas's ear midazolam midbrain midcap midcourse midcourse guidance midcourse phase midcult midday Middelburg middelmannetjie midden Midden crow Middest Midding middle middle age Middle Ages Middle America Middle American middle Atlantic Middle Atlantic States Middle Bevy middle buster middle C middle cerebral artery middle cerebral vein Middle Chinese middle class middle common room Middle Congo middle distance Middle Dutch middle ear Middle East Middle Eastern middle eight Middle England Middle English middle finger middle game Middle Greek			Midden crow Midden En Klein Bedrijf Midden Europese Zomer Tijd Midden heap Midden heap Midden Limburgse Biljart Bond Midden pits Midden pits Middendorf, Aleksandr Middendorf, Aleksandr Fedorovich Middengeard Middengeard Middengroepen en Hoger Personeel Middenkaderoverleg Middens Middens Middest Middfest International middiastolic murmur MIDDIE middies Midding middle middle middle middle middle middle adult Middle Africa Middle Africa middle age Middle Age Friends Middle Age Spread Middle aged Middle aged Middle Aged Gamers Middle Aged Rural Professional Middle Aged Urban Professional Middle Aged White Guy Middle Aged White Man Middle Ages Middle Ages Middle Allegheny River Middle Allegheny River Middle America Middle America Middle America (disambiguation) Middle America (disambiguation) Middle America (region) Middle America (region) Middle America (U.S.) Middle America (U.S.) Middle America Cox Middle America Trench Middle American Middle American Middle American Radical Middle American Research Institute Middle Americans Middle Americans Middle Amur Lowland

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