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"anility", "caducity", "dotage", "second childhood", "senescence", "senility", "feebleness", "infirmity" ], "near antonyms":[ "freshness", "prime", "youthfulness", "adolescence", "immaturity", "juvenility", "minority", "nonage" ], "antonyms":[ "youngness", "youth" ] }, "the state of being something old":{ "examples":[ "the sheer ancientness of the Middle East impresses many first-time visitors" ], "synonyms":[ "age", "ancientness", "antiquity", "hoariness" ], "near synonyms":[ "antiquation", "datedness", "obsolescence", "obsoleteness", "old-fashionedness", "fustiness", "agelessness" ], "near antonyms":[ "currency", "currentness", "freshness", "modernity", "modernness", "novelty", "recentness" ], "antonyms":[ "newness" ] }, "type":[ "noun" ] }, "age":{ "an extent of time associated with a particular person or thing":{ "examples":[ "the Bronze Age marks the beginning of the use of metal by ancient peoples" ], "synonyms":[ "day", "epoch", "era", "period", "time" ], "near synonyms":[ 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"unfolding", "advancing", "evolving", "getting along", "getting on", "graying", "greying" ], "near antonyms":[ "decaying", "declining", "degenerating", "deteriorating", "sinking", "worsening", "drooping", "drying", "fading", "flagging", "sagging", "shriveling", "shrivelling", "waning", "wasting (away)", "weakening", "wilting", "withering", "regressing", "retrogressing", "reverting", "backsliding", "lapsing", "returning" ], "antonyms":[] }, "type":[ "adjective", "verb" ] }, "agencies":{ "a large unit of a governmental, business, or educational organization":{ "examples":[ "the federal agency charged with enforcing laws and regulations regarding the use of firearms" ], "synonyms":[ "arms", "branches", "bureaus", "bureaux", "departments", "desks", "divisions", "offices", "services" ], "near synonyms":[ "subdepartments", "sub-departments", "subdivisions" ], "near antonyms":[], "antonyms":[] }, "something used to achieve an end":{ "examples":[ "by what agency do you plan to acquire this 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