age

ei‹ 1. noun

1) (the amount of time during which a person or thing has existed: He went to school at the age of six (years); What age is she?) alder, alderstrinn, levealder

2) ((often with capital) a particular period of time: This machine was the wonder of the age; the Middle Ages.) tidsalder

3) (the quality of being old: This wine will improve with age; With the wisdom of age he regretted the mistakes he had made in his youth.) alder

4) ((usually in plural) a very long time: We've been waiting (for) ages for a bus.) evighet(er)

2. verb

(to (cause to) grow old or look old: He has aged a lot since I last saw him; His troubles have aged him.) eldes, bli gammel

- aged

- ageless
- age-old
- the aged
- come of age
- of age

alder

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alderdom

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elde

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eldes

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tidsalder

I

subst. \/eɪdʒ\/

1) alder

2) generasjon, slekt

3) tid, tidsalder, periode, epoke, århundre

• the Middle Ages

middelalderen

• the atomic age

4) lang tid, evighet

• it has been ages

det er lenge siden

about the same age nesten jevngamle

age before beauty (spøkefullt) alder (går) foran skjønnhet

age of consent (jus) seksuell lavalder

age of criminal responsibility eller age of criminal capacity (jus) kriminell lavalder

age of majority (jus) myndighetsalder

an age since veldig lenge siden, evigheter siden

at the age of... da han var ... år gammel

be\/act your age! ikke vær så barnslig! , oppfør deg som et voksent menneske!

be\/come of age være\/bli myndig være\/bli moden, være\/bli fullt utviklet

for ages i\/på evigheter, i\/på mange herrens år

improve with age bli bedre med årene

in one's old age på sine gamle dager

look\/show one's age se så gammel ut som man er

never see (an age) again ha passert (et alderstrinn)

• he will never see 50 again

han har passert 50

of an age jevngamle, like gamle gamle\/voksne nok

• our children are of an age to be on their own

barna våre er store nok til å klare seg selv

of somebody's age på alder med, jevnaldrende med

• people of one's age

ens jevnaldrende \/ folk på ens egen alder

of uncertain age av ubestemt alder, av ubestemmelig alder

old age alderdom

over age over aldersgrensen, for gammel

twice somebody's age dobbelt så gammel som noen

• I am twice his age

jeg er dobbelt så gammel som ham

under age umyndig, mindreårig under aldersgrensen, under (legalisert) lavalder, for ung

worn with age gammel og sliten

years of age år gammel

• he is ten years of age

han er ti år gammel

II

verb \/eɪdʒ\/

1) eldes, bli gammel

2) gjøre gammel\/eldre

• such work ages people

3) (om gjenstander) gi et gammelt preg, patinere

4) (om vin) modnes

5) aldersbestemme