ages
noun/ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/
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plural of age
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Excessive A long time.
- haven't seen them in ages
- haven't seen them for ages
4 more examples
- 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:
- “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:
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With the History (past events): Astronomic and geologic history; human history.
- Trees have continually evolved throughout the ages.
- Humans have warred with one another throughout the ages.
- Derived terms
- ageslong, for the ages, one for the ages