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Princeton's WordNet

  1. middle-agedadjective

    being roughly between 45 and 65 years old

GCIDE

  1. Middle-agedadjective

    Being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; early in the century, it was considered between 30 and 50 years old, but by the end of the 19th centruy it was considered as 40 to 60.

Wiktionary

  1. middle-agedadjective

    of, or relating to middle age; neither old nor young

Wikipedia

  1. middle-aged

    Middle age is the period of a human's life beyond young adulthood but before the onset of old age. The exact range is subject to academic debate, but commonly the term is used to denote the age range from around 40 until 60, although it may begin earlier and end later. This phase of life is marked by gradual physical, cognitive, and social changes in individuals as they age.

ChatGPT

  1. middle-aged

    Middle-aged refers to the period of life between youth and old age, typically considered as the years from about 45 to 65.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Middle-agedadjective

    being about the middle of the ordinary age of man; between 30 and 50 years old

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of middle-aged in Chaldean Numerology is: 7

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of middle-aged in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of middle-aged in a Sentence

  1. Lehigh University:

    Current Facebook use is more common among respondents who are: middle aged (40 to 60), female, not seeking employment, of Asian descent, or currently married.

  2. Paul Offit:

    You let the the first people who volunteer to get these vaccines be older adults, and then middle aged adults, and then we work our way down the age ladder, somebody may ask,' Gee, why don't you do them simultaneously ?' Well, there's not that bandwidth. You just can't do too many trials simultaneously.

  3. Alan Williams:

    We’re in the age of our athletes taking care of their bodies, eating better, going, playing longer, you’re a sports guy. I know we’re on defense, but Tom Brady just retired. So, when you go ‘middle-aged,’ I think you need to broaden that term. I’m not sure what middle-aged is. ... As far as I know, those guys are still productive.

  4. Maribel Garcia:

    Michael Jackson tweeted on March 26. The controversy over the condition of the elephant has gone all the way to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. The socialist leader said that Ruperta’s condition is due to old age and that the claim that she is underfed is a conspiracy driven by enemies of the state trying to demoralize the country and, especially, children. Ruperta is 46 years old, middle aged for an African elephant that typically live to age 65 or 70. Maribel Garcia, the animal rights activist who first sounded the alarms on Ruperta’s health, told Fox News that for too long the elephant had been eating just pumpkins and some grass. The elephant should be weighing 7 tons, Maribel Garcia explained, but Maribel Garcia is currently at just 4. Elephants feed on carrots, grass, vegetables, fruits and bamboo leaves, we believe that the diet of just pumpkins and the absence of her veterinarian who has treated her for more than 10 years influenced the elephant to be in that state.

  5. Lesley Manville:

    … You’re seeing real pockets of tenderness with how [the characters] are dealing with getting older and approaching that time of their lives, i always see Cathy and Michael at the center of it all, having this 'will they, won’t they.' Will this romance happen? Is it alright to be falling in love at this time in your life with your dead husband’s best friend? It’s very tenderly and delicately written, and I think people want to see a romance that is about two middle-aged people, rather than a romance with strapping young 20-somethings.


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