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a·dult

(ə-dŭlt′, ăd′ŭlt)

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.	adulthood - the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed maturity 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 mid-thirties, thirties, thirty-something - the time of life between 30 and 40 forties, mid-forties - the time of life between 40 and 50 mid-fifties, fifties - the time of life between 50 and 60 legal age, majority - the age at which persons are considered competent to manage their own affairs 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.	adulthood - the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity 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

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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Translations

dospělost

Erwachsenenalter Reife

aikuisuustäysi-ikäisyys

âge adulte maturité

odraslost

adulthood

[ˈædʌlthʊd] N → adultez f, mayoría f de edad, edad f adulta

Collins Spanish Dictionary - Complete and Unabridged 8th Edition 2005 © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1971, 1988 © HarperCollins Publishers 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2003, 2005

adulthood

[ˈædʌlthʊd] n → âge m adulte
to survive into adulthood → vivre jusqu'à l'âge adulteadult literacy

n → alphabétisation f des adultes

modif
adult literacy classes → cours mpl d'alphabétisation pour adultes

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adulthood

[, (US)]

n → Erwachsenenalter nt; to reach adulthood → erwachsen werden

Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007

adulthood

[əˈdʌlthʊd] n → età adulta

Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995

adulthood

n edad adulta

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The Youth, advanced to adulthood, proceeded to steal things of still greater value.

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