ages en · NOUN
Pronunciation
- /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/
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Meanings
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(form-of, plural) plural of age
form of age
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(excessive) A long time.
haven't seen them in ages
haven't seen them for ages
“He's been gone ages,” she said, and she went with little light steps to the door, opened it, and crossed the passage into his room.
1918 February (date written), Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 108:Judith, aged 58, described her experience of seeking help for persistent back pain: "You don't actually see the consultant. You wait for ages and ages and ages and you come out feeling totally baffled really."
2012, Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions, UK: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 250:It'll be ages until/before we meet again.
Does the Station go on still? That was ages and ages ago. It must be crumbling to pieces. All except the Amirtollah kutcha road. I don't believe that could crumble till the Day of Judgment.
1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 86:
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(with the) History (past events): Astronomic and geologic history; human history.
Humans have warred with one another throughout the ages.
Trees have continually evolved throughout the ages.
Deriveds
one for the ages · for the ages · ageslong
Translations (5)
mi pōpōroroa (a long time) · fi aikoihin (a long time) · he עִדָּנִים (a long time) · ca anys i panys (a long time) · mi pōpōroa (a long time)