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middle-aged

[ mid-l-eyjd ]

adjective

  1. being of the age intermediate between youth and old age, roughly between 45 and 65.
  2. characteristic of or suitable for persons of this age.


middle-aged

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or being in the time in a person's life between youth and old age
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Other 51Թ Forms

  • ·-·· [mid, -l-, ey, -jid-lee, -, eyjd, -], adverb
  • d-g·Ա noun
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of middle-aged1

First recorded in 1600–10
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Example Sentences

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After all of his worry on the entire trip and all of his criminal behavior, he will be another wealthy, middle-aged white man who somehow avoids hard time.

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Other voices dominating the virtual realm are a snapshot of the rest of Yoon's support base: middle-aged or elderly men.

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"I want Georgescu to straighten everyone out. They tricked us. They promised us more pension money," a middle-aged woman speaks quietly at first, then becomes bolder.

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He's described as being "a deceptively bland middle-aged man... trusted and respected by his subordinates and colleagues... who occasionally clashes with the intelligence bureaucracy and sometimes feels that professional duty compromises his personal honour".

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But "it just didn't ring true", she said, that a middle-aged woman with a learning disability who had lived in the hospital for decades could be that dangerous.

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