MIDDLE AGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does middle age mean? 

• MIDDLE AGE (noun)
  The noun MIDDLE AGE has 1 sense:

1. the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)

  Familiarity information: MIDDLE AGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• MIDDLE AGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting time and temporal relations

Hypernyms ("middle age" is a kind of...):

time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)

Meronyms (parts of "middle age"):

change of life; climacteric; menopause (the time in a woman's life in which the menstrual cycle ends)

climacteric (a period in a man's life corresponding to menopause)

Holonyms ("middle age" is a part of...):

adulthood; maturity (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)

 Context examples 

People are born with the defective gene, but symptoms usually don't appear until middle age.

(Huntington's Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

It often occurs during or after middle age, and is rare in children.

(Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia, NIH: National Cancer Institute)

Others may not appear until middle age or later.

(Muscular Dystrophy, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

This syndrome occurs predominantly but not exclusively in middle age to older women.

(Myelodysplastic Syndrome with Isolated del(5q), NCI Thesaurus/WHO)

Such thoughts may come to middle age; but never to ardent three-and-twenty in the fever of his first love.

(The Lost World, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

Miss Brenda Tregennis had been a very beautiful girl, though now verging upon middle age.

(His Last Bow, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

It predominantly affects middle age men of Mediterranean origin.

(Cervical Symmetrical Lipomatosis, NCI Thesaurus)

Symptoms usually appear at middle age and include abdominal pain, hematuria and high blood pressure.

(Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease, NCI Thesaurus)

But beginning in middle age, deep sleep decreases substantially, which scientists believe contributes to memory loss in aging.

(Sound Waves Boost Older Adult' Memory, Deep Sleep, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

A high-protein diet during middle age was associated with higher mortality in a new study.

(Protein Consumption Linked to Longevity, NIH)