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AGEING

Dictionary entry overview: What does ageing mean?

• AGEING (noun)
The noun AGEING has 2 senses:

1. acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time
2. the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

Familiarity information: AGEING used as a noun is rare.

• AGEING (adjective)
The adjective AGEING has 1 sense:

1. growing old

Familiarity information: AGEING used as an adjective is very rare.

Dictionary entry details

• AGEING (noun)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

ageing; aging; ripening

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

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ageing"):

mellowing (the process of becoming mellow)

Sense 2

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Meaning:

The organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural processes

Synonyms:

aging; senescence; ageing

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

biological process; organic process (a process occurring in living organisms)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "ageing"):

catabiosis (normal aging of cells)

• AGEING (adjective)

Sense 1

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Meaning:

Growing old

Synonyms:

ageing; aging; senescent

Similar:

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

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