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Ages Pronunciation
Ages is pronounced AY-juhz, IPA /ˈeɪdʒəz/.
AY-juhz
US /ˈeɪdʒəz/ · UK /ˈeɪdʒɪz/
Syllables: AY · juhz (2 syllables, stress on syllable 1)
noun (plural of age); also a verb: Lengths of time that people or things have lived, or, informally, a very long while.
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Ages in a Sentence
- The children are of different ages.
- We waited ages for a table.
- Ages passed before anyone replied.
Common Mispronunciations of Ages
Not E-juhz
Ages and edges split on that opening vowel and on nothing else at all.
Not AYJZ
An es behind a j sound is a beat of its own, which is how faces and pages gain one too.
Tip: For ages and in ages are the everyday uses, and both mean a span nobody is measuring.
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