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発音

• (used by some people for the adjective sense "old" and derived noun sense) IPA: /ˈeɪ.dʒɪd/, enPR: āʹjĭd
• (all other senses; used by some people for all senses) IPA: /eɪdʒd/, enPR: ājd
• 韻: -eɪdʒɪd, -eɪdʒd

形容詞

aged (comparative more aged or further aged or farther aged, superlative most aged or furthest aged or farthest aged)

1. Old.

   I knocked on the door and an aged man opened it.

   • 1998, Derek Beaven, chapter 9, in Acts of Mutiny, London: Fourth Estate, →ISBN, part 1 (Motion), page 34:

     The hanging-bowl lampshade in marbled glass was two decades pre-war – the kind that marked out aged people.

2. (chiefly non-US) Having the age of.

   Aged 18, he had no idea what to do with his life.

   • 1865 October 6, “Court of Special Sessions”, in The New York Times:

     John Mathews, aged about 18, stood at the bar with his hands in his pockets, alike indifferent to a verdict of acquittal or guilty.

   • 2012 March 22, Amy Chozick, “As Young Lose Interest in Cars, G.M. Turns to MTV for Help”, in The New York Times:

     Forty-six percent of drivers aged 18 to 24 said they would choose Internet access over owning a car, according to the research firm Gartner.

3. Having undergone the improving effects of time; matured.

   aged whiskey

   • 2008, Christopher Paolini, “Assault on Helgrind”, in Brisingr, page 44:

     The Lethrblaka's blood, to Eragon's astonishment, was a metallic blue-green, not unlike the verdigris that forms on aged copper.

同意語

• (old): eldern, hoary; see also Thesaurus:old
• (having the age of): -year-old
• (undergone effects of time): matured

派生語

名詞

aged pl (plural only)

1. (with definite article, collective) Old people, collectively.

   Synonyms: elderly; see also Thesaurus:old person § Holonyms

   the aged

   health insurance and retirement income for the aged

動詞

aged

1. simple past and past participle of age

アナグラム

• egad, Gade, dage, gade