ages

• IPA^(key): /ˈeɪ.d͡ʒɪz/

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• Rhymes: -eɪdʒɪz

ages

1. plural of age

ages pl (plural only)

1. (hyperbolic) A long time.
   • 1918 February (date written)​, Katherine Mansfield [pseudonym; Kathleen Mansfield Murry], “Je ne parle pas français”, in Bliss and Other Stories, London: Constable & Company, published 1920, →OCLC, page 108:

     “He's been gone ages,” she said, and she went with little light steps to the door, opened it, and crossed the passage into his room.

   It was ages since that wonderful holiday.

   • 2012, Psychology for Nurses and the Caring Professions, McGraw-Hill Education (UK) →ISBN, page 250

     Judith, aged 58, described her experience of seeking help for persistent back pain: "You don't actually see the consultant. You wait for ages and ages and ages and you come out feeling totally baffled really."

ages

1. third-person singular simple present indicative form of age

• Sage, Sega, geas, sage, sega

• ès

ages

1. than (introduces part of comparison)

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ages m

1. plural of age

• sage

agēs

1. second-person singular future active indicative of agō

ages

1. plural of age

ages

1. second-person singular present indicative of agir

• IPA^(key): /aɡes/

ages

1. today

ages

1. second-person singular present indicative of agir