Definition of golden age
: a period of great happiness, prosperity, and achievement
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the golden age of art
a golden age for our country
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The Arena also marked the golden age of the Baseline Bums, who tormented foes and refs with profanity-laced chants and cruel pranks.
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Fares is best known as the creator of Brothers: A Tale of Two Sons, a game from the Xbox 360’s indie golden age that had players control two characters at once to solve puzzles with strong story elements.
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Some people believe the golden age has gone, that the academy is no longer producing the Piqués, the Messis, the Xavis.
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What, then, can the history of the republic’s golden age teach us today?
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Even in this golden age of TV reboots, an OC reunion is probably never going to happen.
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Making art for art’s sake has never interested Mr. Alagbé and the sheer quantity of comic books on offer nowadays does not necessarily constitute a golden age for him.
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What’s your take on the state of comedy programming right now — is this a golden age or a bubble?
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Doubloons honoring the theme included a golden retriever, the golden fleece, the Elizabethan golden age and Egyptian gold.
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First Known Use of golden age
1555
golden age Synonyms
Synonyms
belle epoque (or belle époque), renaissance;
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Related Words
bloom, blossom, flower, flush, glory, heyday, prime, salad days;
acme, apex, climax, meridian, peak, pinnacle, summit, zenith;
GOLDEN AGE Defined for English Language Learners
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Definition of golden age for English Language Learners
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: a time of great happiness, success, and achievement
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