CEFR B2

senility

noun

Meaning

senility means senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age. It can have more than one sense, so use the alternate meanings and examples to choose the meaning that matches your sentence.

Examples

He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
The article uses senility to mean senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.

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senility (B2)

noun

Definition

Examples

He was entering his years of senility and not liking it a bit.
The article uses senility to mean senescence; the bodily and mental deterioration associated with old age.
The teacher asked students to find senility in the reading.

How to Use senility

a/the senility (noun pattern): Use an article when the noun is countable in context. — "The article mentioned a senility."
senility in context (usage pattern): Use surrounding words to choose the correct sense. — "We checked senility in context before translating it."

Antonyms of senility

Words with the opposite meaning to senility:

juvenility

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