Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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age | Yes | No | Yes | No |
epoch | Yes | No | No | No |
age (noun) | epoch (noun) |
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how long something has existed | a period marked by distinctive character or reckoned from a fixed point or event |
a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises | a unit of geological time that is a subdivision of a period and is itself divided into ages |
a late time of life | (astronomy) an arbitrarily fixed date that is the point in time relative to which information (as coordinates of a celestial body) is recorded |
an era of history having some distinctive feature | |
a prolonged period of time |
age (verb) | epoch (verb) |
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grow old or older | |
begin to seem older; get older | |
make older |