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Adult Bre Life Young Adjective ˈædʌlt əˈdʌlt Preparing

Word adult
WordType (adjective)
Phonetic BrE / ˈædʌlt / BrE / əˈdʌlt /
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  • preparing young people for adult life
  • the adult population
  • adult monkeys
  • she spent her entire adult life caring for others.
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adult

(adjective)BrE / ˈædʌlt / BrE / əˈdʌlt /
  1. fully grown or developed
    • preparing young people for adult life
    • the adult population
    • adult monkeys
    • She spent her entire adult life caring for others.
  2. behaving in an intelligent and responsible way; typical of what is expected of an adult
    • synonym grown-up1
      https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/definition/english/grown-up1
    • When my parents split up, it was all very adult and open.
    • Young children become quickly bored by adult conversation.
  3. intended for adults only, because it is about sex or contains violence
    • an adult movie

    Word Origin

    • mid 16th cent.: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’.
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