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middle-aged

middle-aged [adjective]

In middle age

US

/ˌmɪd.əlˈeɪdʒd/

UK

/ˌmɪd.əlˈeɪdʒd/

میان سال

مثال:

Once you reach middle age, you have to be sensible with your health.

زمانی که به سن میان سالی رسیدی ، باید نسبت به سلامتی خودت عاقلانه و فهمیده باشی.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

middle-aged

adjective
not old and not young; between the ages of about 40 and 60:
a middle-aged man

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

middle-aged

ˌmiddle-ˈaged BrE AmE adjective
1. between the ages of about 40 and 60:
a middle-aged businessman
2. someone who seems middle-aged seems rather dull and does not do exciting or dangerous things:
Living with Henry had made her feel middle-aged.
3. middle-aged spread fat that many people develop around their waist as they grow older

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

middle-aged

ˌmiddle-ˈaged [middle-aged] adjective

1. (of a person) neither young nor old

2. the middle aged noun plural people who are middle-aged

3. (disapproving) (of a person's attitudes or behaviour) rather boring and old-fashioned

• He has a very middle-aged attitude to life.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition

ˌ middle- ˈ aged / ˌmɪd.l̩ˈeɪdʒd / adjective

B1 in middle age:

They're a middle-aged couple, with grown-up children.

disapproving too careful and not showing the enthusiasm, energy, or style of someone young:

What a conventional, middle-aged attitude he has to life!

Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

middle-aged
1.
If you describe someone as middle-aged, you mean that they are neither young nor old. People between the ages of 40 and 60 are usually considered to be middle-aged.
...middle-aged, married businessmen.
ADJ

2.
If you describe someone’s activities or interests as middle-aged, you are critical of them because you think they are typical of a middle-aged person, for example by being conventional or old-fashioned.
Her novels are middle-aged and boring.
ADJ [disapproval]