1
: the fact of being old
She died of old age.
2
: the time of life when a person is old
He's getting sweeter in his old age.
: of, for, or relating to old people
an old-age home
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Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
The snail signals a poetic contradiction that can be associated with old age as well: slow in movement but infinite in possibilities.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Hazlitt, 16 July 2025
At scale, such accounts might not only boost national savings and by extension productivity, but also provide a firmer foundation for old-age security.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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Noun
Particularly, old age is characterized by a significant physical and mental decline.
—Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 10 July 2025
The snail signals a poetic contradiction that can be associated with old age as well: slow in movement but infinite in possibilities.
—Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 3 July 2025
Adjective
The only visitors so early in the day were a few foreign tourists and a caravan of elderly Japanese in wheelchairs on an outing from an old-age home.
—Hazlitt, 16 July 2025
At scale, such accounts might not only boost national savings and by extension productivity, but also provide a firmer foundation for old-age security.
—James Broughel, Forbes.com, 15 July 2025
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“Old age.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/old%20age. Accessed 29 Jul. 2025.
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