Get on (3 letters)

{ Answer }

AGE

{ Related Clues }

___ of Aquarius
___ of consent
Jazz ___
Maturity
Period
Ripen
Years
Actuarial stat
Actuary's concern
Beauty leader
Biographical bit
Biographical datum
Biographical info
A cause of grayness
Cause of wrinkles
Delicate subject
Demographic datum
Historical period
Improve, as beef
Iron or Bronze
Iron or ice
Iron or Stone
Long time
Paine's "The ___ of Reason"
Questionnaire info
Space-___ (modern)
Store, as wine
Twain's "The Gilded ___"
Vital statistic
Application blank info
Basis for some discrimination
Carbon-dating estimation
Count of candles on a cake
Golden or Gilded follower
Methuselah's claim to fame
Space or Stone follower
Time of one's life
Add years to one's life
"___ cannot wither her": Shak.
It may be understated
Six, say, for a first-grader

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{ Notes }

The answer AGE is very common and appears about once every 33.8 puzzles.

{ Definition }

AGE as a noun:

1. how long something has existed; "it was replaced because of its age"

2. (historic period, age) = an era of history having some distinctive feature; "we live in a litigious age"

3. (age, eld) = a time in life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises; "she was now of school age"; "tall for his eld"

4. (old age, years, age, eld, geezerhood) = a late time of life; "old age is not for sissies"; "he's showing his years"; "age hasn't slowed him down at all"; "a beard white with eld"; "on the brink of geezerhood"

5. (long time, age, years) = a prolonged period of time; "we've known each other for ages"; "I haven't been there for years and years"

AGE as a verb:

1. begin to seem older; get older; "The death of his wife caused him to age fast"

2. (senesce, age, get on, mature, maturate) = grow old or older; "She aged gracefully"; "we age every day--what a depressing thought!"; "Young men senesce"

3. make older; "The death of his child aged him tremendously"