1
: grown old: such as
a
: of an advanced age
an aged man
b
: having attained a specified age
a man aged 40 years
2
: typical of old age
… the aged wrinkles in my cheeks …—
Shakespeare
Shakespeare3
: having acquired a desirable quality or undergone an expected and desired change with the passage of time
aged wine
aged cheese
Synonyms of aged
Examples of aged in a Sentence
a group of men aged between 20 and 30
all the young men went to fight in the war; and only the aged and infirm remained behind
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Beneficiaries are people with limited income who are either blind, aged 65 and older, or have another qualifying disability.
—Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2026
Her biographer, Mark Oppenheimer, is a middle-aged father of five.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, the two climbers, aged 19 and 20, called for help the previous evening after one of them lost his footing and plunged 700 vertical feet down Avalanche Gulch, the major gully on Mount Shasta’s southern flank.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
Diallo is one of Canada’s breakthrough tennis players ranking 38 in the ATP singles, while the Ukrainian Yastremska was the first woman born in the 2000s to crack the top 100 of the WTA rankings in 2018, aged 18.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Mar. 2026
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Asher Notheis, The Washington Examiner, 11 Mar. 2026
Her biographer, Mark Oppenheimer, is a middle-aged father of five.
—Whitney Friedlander, Los Angeles Times, 10 Mar. 2026
According to the Siskiyou County Sheriff’s Office, the two climbers, aged 19 and 20, called for help the previous evening after one of them lost his footing and plunged 700 vertical feet down Avalanche Gulch, the major gully on Mount Shasta’s southern flank.
—Frederick Dreier, Outside, 10 Mar. 2026
Diallo is one of Canada’s breakthrough tennis players ranking 38 in the ATP singles, while the Ukrainian Yastremska was the first woman born in the 2000s to crack the top 100 of the WTA rankings in 2018, aged 18.
—Martino Carrera, Footwear News, 9 Mar. 2026
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“Aged.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/aged. Accessed 14 Mar. 2026.
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aged
adjective1
ˈā-jəd
: very old
an aged oak
2
ˈājd
: having reached a specified age
a child aged ten
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