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ELD
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
A time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
Example:
tall for his eld
Synonyms:
age; eld
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("eld" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eld"):
age of consent (the minimum age for marrying without parental consent or the minimum age for consensual sexual relations; intercourse at an earlier age can result in a charge of assault or statutory rape; the age differs in different states of the Union)
legal age; majority (the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs)
minority; nonage (any age prior to the legal age)
drinking age (the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages)
voting age (the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections)
Holonyms ("eld" is a part of...):
life; life-time; lifespan; lifetime (the period during which something is functional (as between birth and death))
Sense 2
Meaning:
A late time of life
Example:
on the brink of geezerhood
Synonyms:
age; eld; geezerhood; old age; years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("eld" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Meronyms (parts of "eld"):
mid-sixties; sixties (the time of life between 60 and 70)
mid-seventies; seventies (the time of life between 70 and 80)
eighties; mid-eighties (the time of life between 80 and 90)
mid-nineties; nineties (the time of life between 90 and 100)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "eld"):
dotage; second childhood; senility (mental infirmity as a consequence of old age; sometimes shown by foolish infatuations)
