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adolescence
the period between puberty and adulthood, usually considered the teen years
Not to be confused with:
adolescents – youths, teenagers, minors
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ad·o·les·cence
(ăd′l-ĕs′əns)n.
1. The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to adulthood.
2. A similar period in nonhuman animals, ending at sexual maturity.
3. A transitional period of development between an initial or early phase and an established or mature phase: the adolescence of a nation.
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adolescence
(ˌædəˈlɛsəns)n
the period in human development that occurs between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
[C15: via Old French from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscere to grow up, from alēscere to grow, from alēre to feed, nourish]
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ad•o•les•cence
(ˌæd lˈɛs əns)n.
1. the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, terminating legally when the age of majority is reached; youth.
2. the process or state of growing to maturity.
3. a period or stage of development, as of a society, preceding maturity.
[1400–50; late Middle English < Middle French < Latin]
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| Noun | 1. |  adolescence - the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthoodtime of life - a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state genital phase, genital stage - (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence; interest focuses on sexual activity youth - the time of life between childhood and maturity puberty, pubescence - the time of life when sex glands become functional |
| 2. |  adolescence - in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthoodimmatureness, immaturity - not having reached maturity |
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adolescence
noun teens, youth, minority, boyhood, girlhood, juvenescence Some young people suddenly become tongue-tied in early adolescence.
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adolescence
nounThe time of life between childhood and maturity:
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Translations
سِنُّ الـمُراهَقَةمُرَاهَقَه، سِنّ المُرَاهَقَه
dospívání
pubertetteenageårungdom
plenkreskiĝeco
murrosikänuoruusikä
גיל ההתבגרות
adolescencija
gelgjuskeiî
思春期青年期
사춘기
dospievanie
adolescenca
ungdom
ช่วงวัยรุ่น
ergenlikergenlik çağı
tuổi thiếu niên
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
Collins English/French Electronic Resource. © HarperCollins Publishers 2005
adolescence
n → Jugend f; (= puberty) → Pubertät f, → Adoleszenz f (form); the problems of adolescence → Pubertätsprobleme pl; in his late adolescence → in seiner späteren Jugend
Collins German Dictionary – Complete and Unabridged 7th Edition 2005. © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1980 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1997, 1999, 2004, 2005, 2007
Collins Italian Dictionary 1st Edition © HarperCollins Publishers 1995
adolescent
(ӕdəˈlesnt) adjective in the stage between childhood and adulthood.
noun a person at this stage of life. Adolescents often quarrel with their parents.
ˌadoˈlescence nounKernerman English Multilingual Dictionary © 2006-2013 K Dictionaries Ltd.
adolescence
→ سِنُّ الـمُراهَقَة dospívání pubertet Jugendalter εφηβεία adolescencia murrosikä adolescence adolescencija adolescenza 思春期 사춘기 puberteit pubertet wiek dojrzewania adolescência юность ungdom ช่วงวัยรุ่น ergenlik tuổi thiếu niên 青春期Multilingual Translator © HarperCollins Publishers 2009
ad·o·les·cence
n. adolescencia, pubertad.
English-Spanish Medical Dictionary © Farlex 2012
adolescence
n adolescenciaEnglish-Spanish/Spanish-English Medical Dictionary Copyright © 2006 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc. All rights reserved.