old age
wordnet sense
Noun
The later part of normal life,
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The later part of normal life,
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The later part of normal life
- - loneliness affects many people in old age
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The state of being old
- - old age itself is not a disease
Web Definitions:
- a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"
- Old age (also referred to as one's eld) consists of ages nearing or surpassing the average life span of human beings, and thus the end of the human life cycle. Euphemisms and terms for old people include seniors (American usage), senior citizens (British and American usage) and the elderly. ...
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- The latter part of (human) life. Old age begins with the deterioration of physical abilities such as sight, hearing, walking (stick required), etc. or by definition at a certain age (eg. 80 in present times), and ends in death
- (in old age: Demographic and socioeconomic influences)
- jarā (q.v.), is one of the 3 divine messengers (s. devadūta).
- Natural decay of the body's organs, often heart failure, myocardial degeneration, morbus cordis, or multiple organ failure.
- A stage in the geomorphic cycle, characterized by formation of a peneplain near sea level.
- (1) an emotion which comes over us at almost any age. (2) more than ever, a time to consider whether you are not more of a hindrance to society than a help. / (3) a person is old when they have deserted their ideals.