ikä — meaning in English

English meaning

• age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
• date noun A specific point in time, usually given as a day, month, and year.

Senses

ikä is used for these senses in English:

• age (countable) The time of life at which some particular power or capacity is understood to become vested.
• age (astrology) One of the twelve divisions of a Great Year, equal to roughly 2000 years and governed by one of the zodiacal signs; a Platonic month.
• age (countable, poker) The entitlement of the player to the left of the dealer to pass the first round in betting, and then to come in last or stay out; also, the player holding this position; the eldest hand.
• date (obsolete) A given or assigned length of life; duration.

age — full definition

1. noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
2. noun A particular period in history, especially one with distinct characteristics.
3. noun A long, often exaggerated, period of time.
4. verb To grow older, or to show signs of growing older.

date — full definition

1. noun A specific point in time, usually given as a day, month, and year.
2. noun A planned romantic meeting with someone, or the person met.
3. noun The sweet, oblong fruit of the date palm.
4. verb To be in a romantic relationship with someone.
5. verb To determine the age or time of origin of something.

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