of age

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of age - having attained a specific age; (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable); "aged ten"; "ten years of age"

aged

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?"

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age
age of consent
aged
Bronze Age
come of age
Dark Ages

eld
Iron Age
Middle Ages
old age
Stone Age

The truth is, Socrates, that these regrets, and also the complaints about relations, are to be attributed to the same cause, which is not old age, but men's characters and tempers; for he who is of a calm and happy nature will hardly feel the pressure of age, but to him who is of an opposite disposition youth and age are equally a burden.

The Republic by Plato View in context

The son, a steady respectable young man, was amply provided for by the fortune of his mother, which had been large, and half of which devolved on him on his coming of age.

Sense and Sensibility by Austen, Jane View in context

I knew true love and true union before I was twenty years of age.

The Two Destinies by Collins, Wilkie View in context

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