aging
Pronunciation
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Pronunciation
- IPA: /ˈeɪ.dʒɪŋ/
- present participle of age#English|age
aging (US, Canada)
- The process of becoming older or more mature.
- The deliberate process of making something (such as an antique) appear (or, in science fiction, become) older than it is.
- (gerontology) Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time; progressing loss of health, mobility, vibrancy and body functionality, resulting in biological death.
- Wear, wear and tear.
- French: vieillissement
- German: Altern
- Italian: invecchiamento
- Portuguese: envelhecimento
- Russian: старе́ние
- Spanish: envejecimiento
- Portuguese: envelhecimento
aging
- Becoming elderly.
- The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.
- French: vieillissant
- German: alternd
- Russian: старе́ющий
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