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I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.
Carol Burnett

Meaning of "golden age" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GOLDEN AGE

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GOLDEN AGE

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Golden age is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES GOLDEN AGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

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Golden Age

The term Golden Age comes from Greek mythology and legend and refers to the first in a sequence of four or five Ages of Man, in which the Golden Age is first, followed in sequence, by the Silver, Bronze, Heroic, and then the present, which is a period of decline. By extension "Golden Age" denotes a period of primordial peace, harmony, stability, and prosperity. During this age peace and harmony prevailed, humans did not have to work to feed themselves, for the earth provided food in abundance. They lived to a very old age with a youthful appearance, eventually dying peacefully, with spirits living on as "guardians". Plato in Cratylus recounts the golden race of humans who came first. He clarifies that Hesiod did not mean literally made of gold, but good and noble. There are analogous concepts in the religious and philosophical traditions of the South Asian subcontinent. For example, the Vedic or ancient Hindu culture saw history as cyclical, composed of yugas with alternating Dark and Golden Ages. The Kali yuga, Dwapara, Treta yuga and Satya yuga correspond to the four Greek ages.

Definition of golden age in the English dictionary

The first definition of golden age in the dictionary is the first and best age of mankind, when existence was happy, prosperous, and innocent. Other definition of golden age is the most flourishing and outstanding period, esp in the history of an art or nation. Golden age is also the great classical period of Latin literature, occupying approximately the 1st century bc and represented by such writers as Cicero and Virgil.

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GOLDEN AGE

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golden alexanders
golden aster
golden boy
golden calf
golden chain
golden circle
golden deed
Golden Delicious
Golden Delicious apple
golden eagle
Golden Fleece
Golden Gate
Golden Gate Bridge
golden girl
golden goal
golden goodbye
golden goose
golden hamster
golden handcuffs

WORDS THAT END LIKE GOLDEN AGE

bronze age
coming of age
computer age
dark age
electronic age
ice age
in this day and age
information age
iron age
middle age
of age
old age
reading age
retirement age
school age
silver age
space age
the atomic age
the jazz age
under age

Synonyms and antonyms of golden age in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «golden age» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GOLDEN AGE

Find out the translation of golden age to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of golden age from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «golden age» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

鼎盛时期
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

edad de oro
570 millions of speakers

English

golden age
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

स्वर्ण युग
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العصر الذهبي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

золотой век
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

idade de ouro
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

স্বর্ণযুগ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

âge d´or
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

usia Emas
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Blütezeit
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

黄金時代
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

황금기
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Golden age
85 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Vietnamese

thời hoàng kim
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பொற்காலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

सुवर्णकाळ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

altın Çağ
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

età d´oro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

złoty wiek
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

Золоте століття
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

epoca de aur
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

χρυσή εποχή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

goue era
14 millions of speakers
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Translator English - Swedish

guldålder
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

gullalder
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of golden age

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GOLDEN AGE»

The term «golden age» is quite widely used and occupies the 23.472 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GOLDEN AGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about golden age

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10 QUOTES WITH «GOLDEN AGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word golden age.
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Carol Burnett
I'm glad I was born when I was. My time was the golden age of variety. If I were starting out again now, maybe things would happen for me, but it certainly would not be on a variety show with 28 musicians, 12 dancers, two major guest stars, 50 costumes a week by Bob Mackie. The networks just wouldn't spend the money today.
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Coolio
I come from the golden age of hip hop when all the greats came on the scene.
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John Paul DeJoria
I wanted to do my part to help preserve that golden age of travel... I step aboard The Patron Tequila Express railcar, and I go back in time to the days when a long journey was something fun and very special.
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Raymond E. Feist
Science fiction is fantasy about issues of science. Science fiction is a subset of fantasy. Fantasy predated it by several millennia. The '30s to the '50s were the golden age of science fiction - this was because, to a large degree, it was at this point that technology and science had exposed its potential without revealing the limitations.
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Nicolas Ghesquiere
I think the golden age of couture had some of the most incredible customers: women like Nan Kempner and all the icons.
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Ryan Gosling
I never was that boy who loved gangster films, but when I was growing up, I was obsessed with the detective Dick Tracy. It was one of my favourite movies as a kid, and he really inspired me. I would have loved to be part of that golden age of Hollywood in the 1940s. It made me want to become an actor.
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David Hanson
We're seeing the arrival of conversational robots that can walk in our world. It's a golden age of invention.
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Randall Jarrell
The people who live in a golden age usually go around complaining how yellow everything looks.
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John Lahr
Like the tail fins on fifties American cars or the parabolic shapes of Populuxe furniture, 'West Side Story' incarnates the dream of momentum in the golden age of the twentieth century.
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Matthew Lillard
Now, more then ever, we have the ability to make films for almost nothing and that's broken down all barriers of entry. I think it's a new golden age of film-making. With that, there needs to be the ability to recoup investment dollars, people need to make money.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GOLDEN AGE»

Discover the use of golden age in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to golden age and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Golden Age
Phaethon Prime Rhadamanth Humodified encounters an old man who accuses him of being an imposter and an alien from Neptune who reveals that he has had essential parts of his memory removed.
John C. Wright, 2002
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A Golden Age
Rehana Haque, a young widow, blissfully prepares for the party she will host for her son and daughter. But this is 1971 in East Pakistan, and change is in the air.
Tahmima Anam, 2009
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The Golden Age of the Newspaper
Examines the American newspaper industry from the 1830s to 1930 and discusses how innovators of the press, such as Bennett, Greeley, Pulitzer, and Hearst, created a bond between newspapers and the American citizenry.
George H. Douglas, 1999
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After the Golden Age
By the best-selling author of the Kitty Norville series. Reprint.
Carrie Vaughn, 2012
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Reading the Book of Nature in the Dutch Golden Age, 1575-1715
This book offers a fascinating account on how Dutch intellectuals contemplated, investigated, represented and collected natural objects, and how the notion of the 'Book of Nature' was transformed.
‎2010
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Transition to the Golden Age in 2032
Explaining what will happen after the spiritual changes predicted to occur in the year 2012 according to ancient prophecies, this handbook shows how to tap into the energies of the universe to gain understanding of the changes taking place.
Diana Cooper, 2011
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Fragments of a Golden Age: The Politics of Culture in Mexico ...
A pioneering volume of cultural studies that will show the field how far we have come."--John Tutino, Georgetown University
Gilbert M. Joseph, Anne Rubenstein, Eric Zolov, 2001
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Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Age
In "Daily Life in Spain in the Golden Age", distinguished French historian Marcelin Defourneaux gives us an account of life in Spain during the period starting from the succession of Philip II (1556) to the death of Philip IV (1665).
Marcelin Defourneaux, 1979
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The Golden Age of Gospel
Originally published asHow Sweet the Sound, this authoritative work is beautifully illustrated with Lloyd Yearwood's arresting photographs of gospel's greatest performers backstage and in the heat of performance.Skillfully blending music ...
Horace Clarence Boyer, 1995
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South Korean Golden Age Melodrama: Gender, Genre, and ...
These essays also examine genre in relation to articulations of nation and constructions of gender in Golden Age films and how the nation manifests itself in persistent gender and genre trouble.
Kathleen McHugh, Nancy Abelmann, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GOLDEN AGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term golden age is used in the context of the following news items.
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Believe it or not, we are living in a golden age of space exploration
It says so much about the nature of space exploration that one reflexively uses the pronouns "we" and "us" when discussing it. I can think of no ... «The Week Magazine, Jul 15»
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National Veterans Golden Age Games Volunteers Needed
Volunteers are critical to the success of the 29th Annual National Veterans Golden Age Games, being held in Omaha, Neb., Aug. 8 – 12. «WOWT, Jul 15»
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Leo Kalyan 'Golden Age'
It's deep bass is juxtaposed with it's soft synths, but there is something so seductive about 'Golden Age'. It's inviting and warm in the way it swells and grows, with ... «Purple Sneakers, Jul 15»
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Jonathan Church on the golden age of Hollywood and deciding to …
IT'S hard to imagine now with its multi-million dollar budgets and impossible feats captured on CGI, but a century ago the film industry was much more of a Wild ... «The Argus, Jul 15»
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New look for Courvoisier inspired by Paris's 'golden age'
The “golden age” in Paris in the late 19th century, when creativity and invention flourished, has inspired new packaging for Courvoisier cognac. «Bar Magazine, Jul 15»
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Editor's choice: 'THE GOLDEN AGE OF MURDER'
The Golden Age of Murder by Martin Edwards, HarperCollins, 481 pages, $27.99. It almost sounds like a TV pilot. Once upon a time, between ... «Buffalo News, Jul 15»
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This country needs a golden age for enterprise
It was “a big Budget for a country with big ambitions”, said George Osborne on Wednesday. It was certainly a Budget that focused on the ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Jul 15»
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Todd Frazier leads the Shore's Golden Age of baseball
Since its inception, the Shore Conference has long been a prominent platform for some of the Garden State's top baseball players to showcase ... «Asbury Park Press, Jul 15»
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The Golden Age of Murder, by Martin Edwards | Review
But only a year earlier John Strachey, writing in the Saturday Review, had declared that readers were living through “the Golden Age of English ... «Irish Times, Jul 15»
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VA Seeking More Than 2000 Volunteers for Golden Age Games
The Department of Veterans Affairs is seeking more than 2,000 volunteers to support the 2015 National Veterans Golden Age Games, being ... «WOWT, Jul 15»

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