the length of time a person has lived or a thing has existed
period of animate existence
Cases of word usage
1) (used before a number) having the age of (aged)
2) a young male horse up to the age of 4 to 5 (colt)
3) made weak by old age or hard use (decrepit)
4) mental weakness caused by old age (dotage)
5) a female child up to the age of 17 or 18; a daughter (girl)
6) a gradual stopping of a woman's monthly bleeding after about 45 yeas of age (menopause)
7) smaller or less important (than others); a person not yet legally of age (under 18 in GB) (minor)
8) (used with a period of time, and with 'how') of age (old)
9) of a former age (olden)
10) (careful in) providing for future needs or events, especially in old age (provident)