AGED

IPA (US):

 Dictionary entry overview: What does aged mean? 

• AGED (noun)
  The noun AGED has 1 sense:

1. people who are old collectively

  Familiarity information: AGED used as a noun is very rare.

• AGED (adjective)
  The adjective AGED has 5 senses:

1. advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

2. at an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)

3. having attained a specific age; ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

4. of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable)

5. (used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

  Familiarity information: AGED used as an adjective is common.

 Dictionary entry details 

• AGED (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

People who are old collectively

Classified under:

Nouns denoting groupings of people or objects

Synonyms:

aged; elderly

Context example:

special arrangements were available for the aged

Hypernyms ("aged" is a kind of...):

age bracket; age group; cohort (a group of people having approximately the same age)

Antonym:

young (young people collectively)

Derivation:

aged (advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables))

• AGED (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Advanced in years; ('aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

Synonyms:

aged; elderly; older; senior

Context example:

senior citizen

Similar:

old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)

Derivation:

aged (people who are old collectively)

agedness (the property characteristic of old age)

Sense 2

Meaning:

At an advanced stage of erosion (pronounced as one syllable)

Context example:

aged rocks

Similar:

worn (affected by wear; damaged by long use)

Sense 3

Meaning:

Having attained a specific age; ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

Synonyms:

aged; of age

Context example:

ten years of age

Similar:

old ((used especially of persons) having lived for a relatively long time or attained a specific age)

Sense 4

Meaning:

Of wines, fruit, cheeses; having reached a desired or final condition; ('aged' pronounced as one syllable)

Synonyms:

aged; ripened

Context example:

mature well-aged cheeses

Similar:

mature; ripe (fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used)

Derivation:

agedness (the property characteristic of old age)

Sense 5

Meaning:

(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process ('aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

Synonyms:

aged; cured

Similar:

preserved (prevented from decaying or spoiling and prepared for future use)

 Context examples 

The study included adults aged 30 or older and assigned participants randomly to either take 4,000 International Units (IU) of the D3 (cholecalciferol) form of vitamin D or a placebo pill daily.

(Vitamin D does not prevent type 2 diabetes in people at high risk, National Institutes of Health)

The Bangladesh-US team of scientists which carried out the study, based their findings on investigations of an outbreak of AES in May–June 2012 that killed 13 children aged 1–12 in Bangladesh’s Dinajpur district.

(Lychee deaths linked to pesticides, not the fruit, SciDev.Net)

The 40 participants were aged between 50 and 90-years-old and all presented with mild memory complaints.

(Daily Consumption of Turmeric Could Improve Memory, Mood, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The report found that self-harm is the second most common cause of death for girls aged 15-19, and the third most common for boys of that age range.

(Half of mental health disorders arise in adolescence, SciDev.Net)

A generic self-report tool developed to measure, describe, and evaluate changes in the level of daily life activities and performance in children aged 5-15 years.

(Activities Scale for Kids, NCI Thesaurus)

It is more commonly seen in middle-aged and older adults.

(Adult Fibrosarcoma, NCI Thesaurus)

About 12% of aged male BDII/Han develop diverticula of the stomach (Kaspareit-Rittinghausen and Deerberg 1987).

(BDII, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

It occurs in the middle aged and elderly, with an equal incidence in males and females.

(angioimmunoblastic T-cell lymphoma, NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

A granulosa cell tumor that affects middle aged or postmenopausal women.

(Adult Type Ovarian Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)

In females, it affects middle aged to post-menopausal women.

(Adult Type Granulosa Cell Tumor, NCI Thesaurus)