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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.

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  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. Kim Hubbard:

    Boys will be boys, and so will a lot of middle-aged men.

  2. Ben Butler:

    An increasing number of people, particularly middle aged drinkers, are drinking in ways that are putting them at risk of serious and potentially life limiting conditions such as heart disease, liver disease and some types of cancer.

  3. Confucius:

    There are three things to beware of through life: when a man is young, let him beware of his appetites; when he is middle-aged, of his passions; and when old, of covetousness, especially.

  4. Paige Spiranac:

    The people who are saying golf is progressive, if you look at them, they all look the same, they are all middle-aged men. They obviously feel accepted. When you go to a golf course and look around, you see a bunch of guys, everyone looks like you, so you are going to feel great. If you are walking in as a woman, you don’t feel the same.

  5. Anne Case:

    We have come to expect mortality rates in middle age to continue to decline, which they did throughout most of the 20th century...it was really a surprise to see a sustained period when mortality rates actually increased (among middle-aged white Americans).


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