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middle age
n.
The time of human life between youth and old age, usually reckoned as the years between 40 and 60. Also called midlife.
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middle age
n
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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mid′dle age′
n.
the period of human life between youth and old age, usu. considered as the years between 45 and 65.
[1350–1400]
mid′dle-aged′ (eɪgd) adj.
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Middle Ages
middle age1. 'Middle Ages'
In European history, the Middle Ages were the period between approximately 1000 AD and 1400 AD.
This practice was common throughout the Middle Ages.
2. 'middle age'
Middle age is the period in a person's life when they are no longer young but are not yet old.
...the onset of middle age.
Men tend to put on weight in middle age.
3. 'middle-aged'
When someone has reached this period of their life, you can say that they are middle-aged.
The boss was a middle-aged woman.
...middle-aged married businessmen.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() 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 |
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Translations
مُتَوَسِّط العُمْر، كُهولَه
střední věk
midalder
miîur aldur
stredný vek
orta yaş
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
middle
(ˈmidl) noun1. the central point or part. the middle of a circle.
2. the central area of the body; the waist. You're getting rather fat round your middle.
adjective equally distant from both ends. the middle seat in a row.
ˈmiddling adjective average. He's neither tall nor short, but of middling height.
middle age the years between youth and old age. She is well into middle age.
ˌmiddle-ˈaged adjectiveMiddle Ages (with the)
the time between the end of the Roman Empire and the Renaissance.
Middle East (with the) Egypt and the countries of Asia west of Pakistan.
ˈmiddleman (-mӕn) noun a dealer who buys goods from the person who makes or grows them, and sells them to shopkeepers or to the public; a wholesaler. You can save money by buying direct from the factory and cutting out the middleman.
be in the middle of (doing) something to be busily occupied doing something. Please excuse my appearance. I was in the middle of washing my hair.
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middle age
n. mediana edad, madurez.
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