What does aging mean?

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ag·ing

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. ripening, aging, ageingnoun

    acquiring desirable qualities by being left undisturbed for some time

  2. aging, ageing, senescenceadjective

    the organic process of growing older and showing the effects of increasing age

  3. aging, ageing, senescentadjective

    growing old

Wiktionary

  1. agingnoun

    The process of becoming older or more mature.

  2. agingnoun

    Allowing something to become older.

    The owner asked the clerk to age some big bills that were due.

  3. agingnoun

    The deliberate act of making something (such as an antique) appear older than it is.

  4. agingnoun

    Becoming senescent; accumulating damage to macromolecules, cells, tissues and organs with the passage of time

  5. agingnoun

    Elderly person. Only as a collective plural in "the aging"

  6. agingadjective

    Becoming elderly.

    The aging artist could no longer steadily hold the brush.

ChatGPT

  1. aging

    Aging is the biological process of getting older, characterized by progressive and gradual changes in physical, cellular, and physiological functions leading towards maturity and eventually decline in functioning and increased vulnerability to diseases and death. This natural process involves a range of transformations such as graying hair, wrinkling skin, loss of muscle mass, deterioration of cognitive abilities, and weakening of the immune system. The rate of aging can be influenced by various factors including genetics, lifestyle, and environment.

  2. aging

    Aging is the process of becoming older, a progression that is characterized by biological and physiological changes that occur over time and are consistent with decline and ultimate death. These changes often result in decreased strength and endurance, reduced cognitive abilities, and susceptibility to diseases. Aging can also involve changes in psychological and social functioning. It is a natural, complex, and inevitable stage in the life cycle of all living organisms.

  3. aging

    Aging is the biological process of getting older, involving gradual changes in the body's physical and mental capabilities over time. These changes include physical appearance alterations such as wrinkle formation, greying hair, diminishing strength, increased susceptibility to diseases, as well as cognitive declines or psychological changes. Aging is a natural and inevitable part of life. It can however also refer to the maturing or improvements in objects such as wine or cheese over a certain period of time.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Aging

    of Age

U.S. National Library of Medicine

  1. Aging

    The gradual irreversible changes in structure and function of an organism that occur as a result of the passage of time.

Editors Contribution

  1. agingnoun

    Growing according to some error of time within the nature of sinning. Antigen agriculture expressing a period of time during which an event takes place or a situation remains the case as a skill to build. 1.) dialect form of AGAINST and again with the same meaning.

    We are aging to bring the truth of our discovery in life back to the bringer light.

    Etymology: Growing


    Submitted by Tehorah_Elyon on April 6, 2024  

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of aging in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of aging in Pythagorean Numerology is: 2

Examples of aging in a Sentence

  1. Kyle Bourassa:

    If we can treat these conditions, slow people's aging, then that's going to have health benefits across the lifespan and basically through their entire body.

  2. Natalia Dmitrieva:

    On the global level, this can have a big impact, decreased body water content is the most common factor that increases serum sodium, which is why the results suggest that staying well hydrated may slow down the aging process and prevent or delay chronic disease.

  3. Eric Rosengren:

    Despite the passage of time and adoption of better policies, one could argue that the Japanese banking system is now, once again, being threatened by adverse economic conditions, a shrinking population, aging demographics, and very low interest rates provide very little room for Japanese banks to operate profitably. This of course provides an incentive to reach for yield, potentially implying additional risk-taking.

  4. Jayakrishna Ambati:

    With the aging of the population, it is projected to affect 200 million people by the year 2020. It is therefore critical that we develop new and improved treatments for this disease, which is growing like an epidemic.

  5. Daniel Belsky:

    It does this by changing biology in ways consistent with a slowing of the process of aging, although the specific mechanisms of how this occurs are still under investigation, we decided to drill down to the cellular level in people to see if the same is true.

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