Definitions
American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fourth Edition
- n. Chiefly British Variant of aging.
Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. See aging.
Wiktionary
- v. Australia, New Zealand, UK present participle of age.
- n. Australia, New Zealand, UK The process of becoming older or more mature.
- n. Australia, New Zealand, UK The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.
- n. Australia, New Zealand, UK, gerontology Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time.
- adj. Australia, New Zealand, UK Becoming elderly.
GNU Webster's 1913
- adj. having lived for a relatively long (or a specified) time; not young; -- used especially of persons. Opposite of
young . - n. same as aging.
WordNet 3.0
- n. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
- adj. growing old
- n. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age
Examples
“Australian Treasurer Peter Costello said on December 19th, 2003, We must start confronting what we call the ageing of our population.”
“But in Kirkwood's theory, ageing is not pre-programmed because the genes that repair cells can be modified.”
“Healthy Aging: By the word ageing we generally think of an unpleasant process associated with dysfunction and disability.”
“Let us clearly and definitely understand and appreciate without any ambiguity that the meaning of the word ageing is not merely becoming old but also developing and maturing.”
“The wise men, vulnerable in ageing plaster, are borne as gifts to be set down among other treasures in their familial strangeness, mystery’s toys.”
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“Mr Nishimura blames the prolonged slump on ageing, which is furthest advanced in Japan, but is also occurring in many of the world's biggest economies.”
“Amudhan has hit the bull's eye by casting these aging actors in these roles (just recall our ageing comedians who act as students).”
“He details the minute interior deaths within the body (ageing, that is), cellular misreadings, dramatising them as the heroic and dastardly doings of goodies and baddies, citing Saving Private Ryan and The Great Escape.”
“Accenture Research Accenture Research The population in the US is ageing, which is illustrated by the fact that people aged 65 and above are projected to represent 16\% of the US population by 2020, compared to 12\% in 2000 US Overview: Demographics The expected development of the age structure in the US, 2000-2020 Age structure (2000) Age structure (2020) Population aged 65 and over: 12\% Population aged 65 and over: 16\% People '000 People' 000 60,000 60,000”
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