adolescence (redirected from Teenagr)

ad·o·les·cence  (dl-sns)

n.

1. The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to maturity.

2. A transitional period of development between youth and maturity: the adolescence of a nation.

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adolescence [ˌædəˈlɛsəns]

n

the period in human development that occurs between the beginning of puberty and adulthood

[via Old French from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscere to grow up, from alēscere to grow, from alēre to feed, nourish]

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adolescence  (dl-sns)

The period of physical and psychological development from puberty to the onset of adulthood.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	adolescence - the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state genital phase, genital stage - (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity youth - the time of life between childhood and maturity puberty, pubescence - the time of life when sex glands become functional
	2.	adolescence - in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood immatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity

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adolescence

noun teens, youth, minority, boyhood, girlhood, juvenescence Some young people suddenly become tongue-tied in early adolescence.

Translations

adolescence [ˌædəʊˈlesns] N → adolescencia f

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adolescence [ˌædəˈlɛs^əns] n → adolescence f

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adolescence

n → Jugend f; (= puberty) → Pubertät f, → Adoleszenz f (form); the problems of adolescence → Pubertätsprobleme pl; in his late adolescence → in seiner späteren Jugend

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adolescence [ˌædəʊˈlɛsns] n → adolescenza

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adolescence → سِن المراهقة dospívání pubertet Jugendalter εφηβεία adolescencia murrosikä adolescence mladost adolescenza 思春期 사춘기 puberteit pubertet wiek dojrzewania adolescência юность ungdom ช่วงวัยรุ่น ergenlik tuổi thiếu niên 青春期