ages

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒɪz

ages

1. plural of age
2. (hyperbolic) A long time.

   It'll be ages until/before we meet again.

   • 1889, Rudyard Kipling, “The Hill of Illusion”, in Under the Deodars, Boston: The Greenock Press, published 1899, page 86:

     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.

   • 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:

     “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.

   • 2012, Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions, UK: McGraw-Hill Education, →ISBN, page 250:

     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."

ages

1. third-person singular simple present indicative of age

• SEGA, sega, geas, sage, Sega, Sage

• es
• ès (Standard Cornish)

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “frwikt suggests derivation from hag.”) Cognate with Breton eget.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaɡɛz/

ages

1. than (introduces part of comparison)

   Synonym: avel

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ages m

1. plural of age

• sage

ages

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person singular present indicative of agir

agēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of agō

ages

1. plural of age

ages

1. second-person singular present indicative of agir

• IPA^(key): /aɡes/

ages

1. today

ages

1. second-person singular present indicative of agir