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- Dictionaryadult/ˈadʌlt/
noun
- 1. a person who is fully grown or developed: "children should be accompanied by an adult"
adjective
- 1. fully grown or developed: "an adult woman" Similar Opposite
verb
- 1. behave in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially by accomplishing mundane but necessary tasks: informal "I've adulted with moderate success this week by compiling invoices and billing my client"
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a person or animal that has grown to full size and strength: An adult under English law is someone over 18 years old. Adults pay an admission charge but children get in free. Synonym. grown-up. Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples. to become an adult He was a young man on the verge of becoming an adult.
1. : fully developed and mature : grown-up. an adult lion. 2. : of, relating to, intended for, or befitting adults. an adult approach to a problem. 3. : dealing in or with explicitly sexual material. adult bookstores. adult movies. adulthood. ə-ˈdəlt-ˌhu̇d. noun. adultly. ə-ˈdəlt-lē. ˈa-ˌdəlt- adverb. adultness. ə-ˈdəlt-nəs.
Adult definition: a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.. See examples of ADULT used in a sentence.
Adult is noun and an adjective, both of which refer to something mature, no longer a child. A full-grown person is called an adult: they can vote, rent cars, and choose to eat sugary cereal for dinner every night. If you're still a child, then you are not an adult — that's the noun version.
An adult is a human or other animal that has reached full growth. [1] . The biological definition of the word means an animal reaching sexual maturity and thus capable of reproduction. In the human context, the term adult has meanings associated with social and legal concepts.
Definition of adult noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Britannica Dictionary definition of ADULT. always used before a noun except in sense 2. 1. : fully grown and developed. an adult student/learner. adult birds. I've worked here all of my adult life. [=I've worked here since I became an adult] preparing children for adult life. 2. [more adult; most adult] : mature and sensible : not childish.
An adult is a mature, fully developed person. An adult has reached the age when they are legally responsible for their actions. Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult. Synonyms: grown-up, mature person, person of mature age, grown or grown-up person More Synonyms of adult. 2. countable noun.
What does the word adult mean? There are nine meanings listed in OED's entry for the word adult. See ‘Meaning & use’ for definitions, usage, and quotation evidence. See meaning & use. How common is the word adult? About 80 occurrences per million words in modern written English. See frequency. How is the word adult pronounced? British English.
having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature: an adult person, animal, or plant. of, relating to, or befitting adults. intended for adults; not suitable for children: adult entertainment.
