Search Goes On for Missing Malaysia Airlines Plane
By KEITH BRADSHER
Five Asian countries mounted a search for the jet, which disappeared
early Saturday with 239 people aboard, with particular attention to the
waters between southernmost Vietnam and northern Malaysia. But by late
afternoon the authorities had reported no success.
Hiking to the Edge of the Lower 48
By ETHAN TODRAS-WHITEHILL
On a trek across the Olympic National Park coast, racing the tide, climbing with ropes and, finally, reaching the westernmost point in the continental United States.
Facebook has become the third-largest nation
THE world's largest social network announced that it had reached 500m members on Wednesday July 21st. If Facebook were a physical nation, it would now be the third-most populous on earth. And if the service continues to grow as rapidly as in the three months to July, it will reach one billion in about 15 months—almost the size of India. Not least because of its gigantic population, some observers have started to talk of Facebook in terms of a country. “[It] is a device that allows people to get together and control their own destiny, much like our nation-state,” says David Post, a law professor at Temple University, Philadelphia. For more on social networks and statehood see article....
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age
n.
v., aged, ag·ing, ag·es. v.tr.
age out Informal.
come of age
age
n.
- The length of time that one has existed; duration of life: 23 years of age.
- The time of life when a person becomes qualified to assume certain civil and personal rights and responsibilities, usually at 18 or 21 years; legal age: under age; of age.
- One of the stages of life: the age of adolescence; at an awkward age.
- The state of being old; old age: hair white with age.
- often Age
- A period in the history of humankind marked by a distinctive characteristic or achievement: the Stone Age; the computer age.
- A period in the history of the earth, usually shorter than an epoch: the Ice Age.
- A period of time marked by the presence or influence of a dominant figure: the Elizabethan Age. See synonyms at period.
- The period of history during which a person lives: a product of his age.
- A generation: ages yet unborn.
- ages Informal. An extended period of time: left ages ago.
v., aged, ag·ing, ag·es. v.tr.
- To cause to become old.
- To cause to mature or ripen under controlled conditions: aging wine.
- To change (the characteristics of a device) through use, especially to stabilize (an electronic device).
- To become old.
- To manifest traits associated with old age.
- To develop a certain quality of ripeness; become mature: cheese aging at room temperature. See synonyms at mature.
age out Informal.
- To reach an age, 18 or 21 years, for example, at which one is no longer eligible for certain special services, such as education or protection, from the state.
come of age
- To reach maturity.
[Middle English, from Old French aage, from Vulgar Latin *aetāticum, from Latin aetās, aetāt-, age.]
ager ag'er n.
nation-state
(nā'shən-stāt')
n.
A political unit consisting of an autonomous state inhabited predominantly by a people sharing a common culture, history, and language.
-most
suff.
* adj.
Farthest aft; aftermost.
n.
A political unit consisting of an autonomous state inhabited predominantly by a people sharing a common culture, history, and language.
-most
suff.
- Most: innermost.
- Nearest to: aftmost.*
* adj.
Farthest aft; aftermost.
utmost[ut・most]
- レベル：社会人必須
- 発音記号[ʌ'tmòust]
[形]((限定))
━━[名]((単数形のみ))
1 ((通例the ［one's］ 〜))最大の度合い［程度, 量］, 最大限, （能力・力などの）最大限度, 最高, 最上, 最善
［古英語ūtemest（ūte外に＋mest最上級語尾）］
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