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adulthood
English
Etymology
From adult +? -hood
Noun
adulthood (usually uncountable, plural adulthoods)
- The state or condition of a human being once it has reached physical maturity, and is presumed to have reached a state of psychological maturity, to wit: once it has become an adult.
- Son, now that you have reached adulthood, you are in the time of your life during which you are expected to take responsibility for your actions and for your well-being.
- The time period of a human being's majority; the time during which a human being has reached physical maturity, and ending with its death.
- The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.
- The things learned in childhood will effect a person throughout its adulthood.
Antonyms
- childhood
Translations
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adult
English
Etymology
From French adulte, Latin adultus (“grown up”), perfect passive participle of adolesc? (“I grow up”). Compare adolescent.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, General Australian, Canada) IPA(key): /?æd.?lt/, /?æd.?lt/
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /??d?lt/, /?æd.?lt/
- Rhymes: -?lt
Noun
adult (plural adults)
- A fully grown human or animal.
- A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
Synonyms
- (fully grown human or animal): grown up; see also Thesaurus:adult
Derived terms
- adultly
- adultness
Translations
Adjective
adult (comparative more adult, superlative most adult)
- Fully grown.
- an adult human, animal, or plant
- Intended for or restricted to adults rather than children.
- adult clothes
- 1973, Marshall Kaplan, Gans, and Kahn, Children and the urban environment (page 21)
- In May 1967 the WGBH Education Division submitted an initial proposal to HUD for a series of four adult television documentaries on conservation in an urban environment.
- Containing material of an explicit sexual nature; of, or pertaining to, pornography.
- an adult movie
- This program contains adult content. Parental discretion is advised.
- Vulgar or profane.
Synonyms
- (fully grown): big, fully grown, grown up; see also Thesaurus:full-grown
- (intended for adults): grown up; see also Thesaurus:adultlike or Thesaurus:for adults
- (containing explicit sexual material): pornographic, X-rated, XXX, XXXX; see also Thesaurus:pornographic
- (vulgar): blue, indecent, obscene, salacious; see also Thesaurus:obscene
Related terms
- adolescent
- adulthood
Translations
Verb
adult (third-person singular simple present adults, present participle adulting, simple past and past participle adulted)
- (intransitive, informal) To behave like an adult.
- (nonstandard, rare) To (cause to) be or become an adult.
- 1974, Occasional Papers (Syracuse University), issues 42-46, page 5:
- Womanhood was achieved at twenty-one, when the female was "adulted"; manhood was fully achieved at twenty-five, […]
- For more quotations using this term, see Citations:adult.
- 1974, Occasional Papers (Syracuse University), issues 42-46, page 5:
Further reading
- adult in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
- adult in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
Anagrams
- talud
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin adultus.
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /??dult/
- (Central) IPA(key): /??dul/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /a?dult/
Adjective
adult (feminine adulta, masculine plural adults, feminine plural adultes)
- adult (fully grown)
Derived terms
- adultesa
Noun
adult m (plural adults, feminine adulta)
- adult (fully grown person)
Further reading
- “adult” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
German
Pronunciation
Adjective
adult (not comparable)
- (medicine) adult
Declension
See also
- erwachsen
- Erwachsener, Erwachsene
Romanian
Etymology
From French adulte, Latin adultus. See above.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a?dult/
Adjective
adult m or n (feminine singular adult?, masculine plural adul?i, feminine and neuter plural adulte)
- adult
Declension
Noun
adult m (plural adul?i, feminine equivalent adult?)
- adult
Declension
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