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aging

adj · noun · verb · 9 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

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  • /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪŋ/
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  • rhymes with -eɪdʒɪŋ
  • CMU ARPABET: EY1 JH IH0 NG Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Becoming elderly.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: Canada, US

Examples

  • The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

The process of becoming older or more mature.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

The accumulation of damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; the progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

Topics: gerontology, medicine, sciences

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: senescence

Antonyms: none provided

5

noun

Meaning 5

Wear; wear and tear.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: countable, uncountable

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

6

verb

Meaning 6

present participle and gerund of age

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, gerund, participle, present

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

7

adjective satellite

Meaning 7

growing old

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ageing, senescent

Antonyms: none provided

8

noun

Meaning 8

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

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ageing, senescence

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic process, biological process

Narrower terms: catabiosis

9

noun

Meaning 9

acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: ripening, ageing

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: organic process, biological process

Narrower terms: mellowing

History

Etymology

By surface analysis, age + -ing.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Bulgarian: застаряващ (zastarjavašt) — becoming elderly
  • Catalan: envellidor — becoming elderly
  • Finnish: vanheneva — becoming elderly
  • Finnish: ikääntyvä — becoming elderly
  • French: vieillissant — becoming elderly
  • German: alternd — becoming elderly
  • Hungarian: korosodó — becoming elderly
  • Hungarian: öregedő — becoming elderly
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aldrende — becoming elderly
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: aldrande — becoming elderly
  • Romanian: îmbătrânire — becoming elderly
  • Russian: старе́ющий (staréjuščij) — becoming elderly
  • Spanish: senescente — becoming elderly
  • Spanish: envejecedor — becoming elderly
  • Albanian: plakje — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Arabic: شَيْخُوخَة (šayḵūḵa) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Arabic: هَرَم (haram) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Azerbaijani: qocalma — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Azerbaijani: köhnəlmə — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Belarusian: старэ́нне (starénnje) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Bulgarian: старе́ене (staréene) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Catalan: envelliment — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Chinese Mandarin: 老化 (lǎohuà) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Ngazidja Comorian: uɗuhazi — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Czech: stárnutí — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Danish: aldring — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Dutch: veroudering — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Estonian: vananemine — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Finnish: vanheneminen — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Finnish: ikääntyminen — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • French: vieillissement — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Galician: envellecemento — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Georgian: დაბერება (dabereba) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Georgian: მომწიფება (momc̣ipeba) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Georgian: ასაკის მატება (asaḳis maṭeba) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • German: Altern — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • German: Alterung — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Hebrew: הִזְדַּקְּנוּת (hizdak'nút) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Hindi: आयुवृद्धि (āyuvŕddhi) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Hungarian: öregedés — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Hungarian: idősödés — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Indonesian: penuaan — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Italian: invecchiamento — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Japanese: 老化 (rōka) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Kazakh: қартаю (qartaü) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Korean: 노화 (nohwa) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Korean: 로화 (rohwa) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Kyrgyz: картаюу (kartayuu) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Latvian: novecošana — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Lithuanian: senavimas — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Macedonian: стареење (stareenje) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Malay: penuaan — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Norwegian Bokmål: aldring — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Persian: پیری (piri) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Persian: پیرش (pireš) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Persian: سالخوردگی (sâlxordegi) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Polish: starzenie się — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Portuguese: envelhecimento — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Romanian: îmbătrânire — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Russian: старе́ние (starénije) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Serbo-Croatian: ста̏ре̄ње — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Serbo-Croatian: stȁrēnje — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Slovak: starnutie — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Slovene: staranje — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Spanish: envejecimiento — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Swedish: åldrande — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Tajik: пиршавӣ (piršavi) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Tajik: кӯхнашавӣ (küxnašavi) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Tajik: солхурдаги (solxurdag-i) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Thai: การสูงวัย — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Turkish: yaşlanma — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Ukrainian: старі́ння (starínnja) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Ukrainian: ста́ріння (stárinnja) — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Uzbek: qarish — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Vietnamese: sự lão hoá — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Volapük: bäldikam — the process of becoming older or more mature
  • Danish: ældning — the deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is
  • Portuguese: envelhecimento — the deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is
  • Finnish: vanheneminen — senescence
  • French: sénescence — senescence
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