noun / verb · neutral
age
/eɪdʒ/AGE
Band 5-6speakingtask2
the length of time that a person has lived or a thing has existed; to become older
Examples
“She doesn't look her age.”
“Many celebrities seem ageless on camera.”
“The museum displayed objects from a past age.”
Band 8 sentence
“Her ageless appearance belied the decades of experience she had accumulated in the field.”
Collocations
- ageless beauty
- middle-aged
Word family
age n / vageless adjageing / aging v / adj
Common mistakes
She looks agelessly.→She looks ageless.
He is very ageless person.→He is a very ageless person.
Say it for a higher band
5young-looking→6timeless→7+ageless
Synonyms
timeless
young-looking
Easily confused
timeless
“The novel's themes are timeless and still resonate today.”
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In -ful / -less
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