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Age Tender Eighteen Noun Yaş çağ Uncountable She's

Level A1 
Kind noun
Front age 
IPA  /eɪdʒ   / noun
Back yaş
çağ
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age (noun)

 /eɪdʒ   / noun
 
 1 [countable, uncountable]
the length of time that sb has lived or that sth has existed
yaş
 Ali is seventeen years of age.
 She left school at the age of sixteen.
 Children of all ages will enjoy this film.
 He needs some friends of his own age.
Birinin yaşını öğrenmek isterseniz:
 How old is she?
 diye sormalısınız. Cevap ya:
 She's eighteen
 ya da:
 She's eighteen years old
 olacaktır (ama hiçbir zaman She's eighteen years. denilmez). Aşağıda yaşa ilişkin diğer örnekleri görüyorsunuz:
 I'm nearly nineteen.
 a girl of eighteen
 an eighteen-year-old girl
 The robber is of medium height and aged about 16 or 17.
 2 [countable, uncountable]
a particular period in sb's life
çağ, yaş, dönem
 a problem that often develops in middle age (orta yaş)
 Her sons will look after her in her old age.
 3 [countable]
a particular period of history
çağ
 the computer age
 the history of art through the ages
 4 [uncountable]
the state of being old
yaşlılık
 a face lined with age
 The doctor said she died of old age.
 look at YOUTH
 5 (ages)
[plural] (informal)
a very long time
bin yıldır, asırlarca
 We had to wait (for) ages at the hospital.
 It's ages since I've done any exercise.
IDIOMS
at a tender age; at the tender age of…
when still young and without much experience
genç, toy
 She went to live in London at the tender age of 15.
at a tender age; at the tender age of …
when still young and without much experience
genç, toy
the age of consent
the age at which sb can legally agree to have sex
reşit olma yaşı
come of age
to become an adult in law
reşit olmak
 My father gave me a watch when I came of age.
feel your age
to realize that you are getting old, especially compared to other younger people around you
yaşlandığını hissetmek
under age
not old enough by law to do sth
reşit olmayan
 

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