The definition

There are numerous definitions for the word 'age'.
Age can be a noun, as well as a verb.

In www.dictionary.com, there are as many as twenty definitions for 'age'. But some of the closest that I could find which represents my topic of 'age' would be:

1. (noun) a period of human life, measured by years from birth, usually marked by a certain stage or degree of mental or physical development and involving legal responsibility and capacity: the age of discretion; the age of consent; The state raised the drinking age from 18 to 21 years.

2. (noun) Psychology. the level of mental, emotional, or educational development of a person, esp. a child, as determined by various tests and based on a comparison of the individual's score with the average score for persons of the same chronological age.

I chose to research on this word as it relates back to my FYP. Unlike my other classmates who are working towards their goal of searching ideas for their FYP, I'm in the process of doing mine, 60% of which is in completion. My FYP topic speaks of self-identity, and part of my book uses age to represent who I am. Despite the many definitions of age, I am focusing on the aspect of age as an important event in our lives, how we see it affecting us culturally, personally and biologically (scientifically).