Senesce — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

grow old or older

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/sˈɛnɛs/

🇬🇧British English

/sˈɛnɛs/

🇮🇳Indian English

/sˈɛnɛs/

2 syllables Say it as /sˈɛnɛs/.

Examples

She aged gracefully
we age every day--what a depressing thought!
Young men senesce

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

mature age maturate get on

Parts of Speech

verb	grow old or older “She aged gracefully”

Word Forms

senescent	adjective	growing old
age	noun	a time of life (usually defined in years) at which some particular qualification or power arises
maturation	noun	(biology) the process of an individual organism growing organically; a purely biological unfolding of events involved in an organism changing gradually from a simple to a more complex level

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

altern

alt oder älter werden

🇫🇷French

sénescence

vieillir ou vieillir

🇪🇸Spanish

senescencia

envejecer o envejecer

🇮🇹Italian

senescenza

invecchiare o invecchiare

🇳🇱Dutch

zin

oud of ouder worden

🇵🇹Portuguese

senescência

envelhecer ou envelhecer

🇷🇺Russian

старение

стареть или стареть

India

🇮🇳Hindi

बुढ़ापा

बूढ़ा होना या बूढ़ा होना

🇧🇩Bengali

সেন্স

বৃদ্ধ বা বৃদ্ধ হত্তয়া

🇮🇳Tamil

முதுமை

வயதாகவோ அல்லது வயதாகவோ ஆக

🇮🇳Telugu

వృద్ధాప్యం

పాత లేదా పాత పెరుగుతాయి

🇮🇳Marathi

संवेदना

वृद्ध होणे किंवा मोठे होणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

સંવેદના

વૃદ્ધ અથવા વૃદ્ધ થવું

🇮🇳Kannada

ವೃದ್ಧಾಪ್ಯ

ಹಳೆಯ ಅಥವಾ ಹಳೆಯ ಬೆಳೆಯಲು

🇮🇳Malayalam

വാർദ്ധക്യം

പ്രായമോ പ്രായമോ ആകുക

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਹੋਸ਼

ਬੁੱਢੇ ਜਾਂ ਵੱਡੇ ਹੋਵੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

ہوش

بوڑھا ہو یا بوڑھا۔

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

衰老

变老或变老

🇯🇵Japanese

老化

年をとる、または年をとる

🇰🇷Korean

노화

늙어가다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

già đi

già đi hoặc già đi

🇹🇭Thai

ความชราภาพ

แก่ขึ้นหรือแก่กว่า

🇮🇩Indonesian

penuaan

menjadi tua atau tua

🇲🇾Malay

tua

menjadi tua atau tua

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

شيخوخة

يكبر أو يكبر

🇮🇷Persian

پیری

پیر یا بزرگتر شوند

🇹🇷Turkish

yaşlılık

yaşlanmak veya yaşlanmak

🇮🇱Hebrew

הזדקנות

להזדקן או להזדקן

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The primary meaning of 'senesce' is 'grow old or older'.

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Using 'senesce' in a noun/adjective form makes the first sentence correct.

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'senesce' is a standard word used primarily in general literature and formal communications.

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