ages
/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/
ages noun: a long time. Also the plural of age.
Noun (1)
ages
- A long time.
- haven't seen them in ages
- haven't seen them for ages
- History (past events): Astronomic and geologic history; human history.
- Trees have continually evolved throughout the ages.
- Humans have warred with one another throughout the ages.
Noun (2) capitalized: AGEs
AGEs
- plural of AGE
Also used as
ages is also the plural of age.
ages is also the third-person singular simple present indicative of age.
ages meaning in Marathi, Telugu, Malayalam and Kannada
ages in Marathi
- युगानुयुगे
ages in Telugu
- వయసులు, వయస్సులు
ages in Malayalam
- പ്രായങ്ങൾ
ages in Kannada
- ವಯಸ್ಸುಗಳು
More languagesFewer languages
- ages in Nepali
- उमेरहरू
Examples of ages in a sentence
- It'll be ages until/before we meet again.
- “He's been gone ages,” she said, and she went with little light steps to the door, opened it, and crossed the passage into his room.1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other...
- You wait for ages and ages and ages and you come out feeling totally baffled really."2012, Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions, UK: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 250:
Words formed from ages
- ageslong
- for the ages
- one for the ages
Phrases with ages
- ages up
- ages out
- all ages
- hog ages
- ice ages
- bone ages
- dark ages
- Mid. Ages
- with ages
- darke ages
- legal ages
- Metal Ages
39 more phrasesFewer phrases
- space ages
- Ages of Man
- coon's ages
- golden ages
- Korean ages
- mental ages
- middle ages
- school ages
- silver ages
- be ages with
- is ages with
- reading ages
- ages in place
- drinking ages
- tear and ages
- was ages with
- ages like milk
- ages like wine
- ages of reason
- been ages with
- emotional ages
- ages of consent
- being ages with
- achievement ages
- ages of majority
- High Middle Ages
- Late Middle Ages
- prehistoric ages
- radiometric ages
- ages like vinegar
- digital dark ages
- Early Middle Ages
- ages of discretion
- chronological ages
- international ages
- ages like fine wine
- ages like a fine wine
- unto the ages of ages
- health and fitness ages
Words that rhyme with ages
Questions about ages
- What does ages mean?
- Ages means a long time.
- What is ages in Marathi?
- Ages in Marathi is युगानुयुगे. See Ages meaning in Marathi.
- How do you use ages in a sentence?
- It'll be ages until/before we meet again.
- What part of speech is ages?
- Ages is a noun.
- How do you pronounce ages?
- Ages is pronounced /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/.
Words near ages in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: ages (page history and authors); AGEs (page history and authors); ages (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ages (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ages (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ages (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ages (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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