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idade — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • age noun The length of time someone or something has existed, usually counted in years.
  • Cy name A diminutive of the male given names Cyril or Cyrus.
  • hood noun A loose covering for the head, often part of a jacket or coat.
  • ness noun A headland or promontory jutting out into the sea, often used as part of place names.
  • ship noun A large vessel built to carry people or cargo across water.

Senses

idade is used for these senses in English:

  • cy (non-productive) Used to form nouns of state, condition or quality.
  • hood A substantive suffix denoting a condition or state of being.
  • hood A substantive suffix denoting a group sharing a specified condition or state.
  • ity Used to form an uncountable noun from an adjective; especially, to form the noun referring to the state, property, or quality of conforming to the adjective's description.
  • ness Appended to adjectives to form nouns meaning "the state of being (the adjective)", "the quality of being (the adjective)", or "the measure of being (the adjective)".
  • ship Appended to a noun to form a new noun denoting a property or state of being, time spent in a role, or a specialised union. In particular, the way a set of social duties associated with a particular role shapes or develop's one's character.
  • y Forming abstract nouns denoting a condition, quality, or state.
  • age (uncountable) The state of being old; the latter part of life.

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.

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