middle-aged

1. 1.

   being roughly between 45 and 65 years old

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Questions about middle-aged

What does middle-aged mean?

middle-aged means "being roughly between 45 and 65 years old".

How many syllables are in middle-aged?

middle-aged has 3 syllables: midd-le-a-ged. The stress falls on "midd". In IPA it is /ˈmɪdəˌleɪɡd/.

Is middle-aged a common word?

middle-aged is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.