adulthood
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a·dult
(ə-dŭlt′, ăd′ŭlt)n.
1. One who has attained maturity or legal age.
2. Biology A fully grown, mature organism.
adj.
1. Fully developed and mature.
2. Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults: adult education.
3. Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic: adult movies.
[From Latin adultus, past participle of adolēscere, to grow up; see adolescent.]
a·dult′hood′ n.
a·dult′ness n.
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Noun | 1. | ![]() time of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state teens - the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20 mid-twenties, twenties - the time of life between 20 and 30 forties, mid-forties - the time of life between 40 and 50 mid-fifties, fifties - the time of life between 50 and 60 prime of life, prime - the time of maturity when power and vigor are greatest drinking age - the age at which is legal for a person to buy alcoholic beverages voting age - the age at which a person is old enough to vote in public elections middle age - the time of life between youth and old age (e.g., between 40 and 60 years of age) |
2. | ![]() matureness, maturity - state of being mature; full development manhood - the state of being a man; manly qualities parentage, parenthood - the state of being a parent; "to everyone's surprise, parenthood reformed the man" muliebrity, womanhood - the state of being an adult woman |
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adulthood
noun maturity, manhood or womanhood, majority, completion, fullness, maturation, full bloom, ripeness, full growth, matureness Few people maintain friendships into adulthood.
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dospělost
aikuisuustäysi-ikäisyys
odraslost
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adulthood
[ˈædʌlthʊd] n → âge m adulteto survive into adulthood → vivre jusqu'à l'âge adulteadult literacy
n → alphabétisation f des adultes
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adulthood
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adulthood
n edad adultaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.