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Webster 1913 Edition
Adolescence
Adˊo-les′cence
,Noun.
[Fr., fr. L.
adolescentia
.] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.
Webster 1828 Edition
Adolescence
ADOLES'CENCE
,Noun.
The state of growing, applied to the young of the human race; youth, or the period of life between childhood and manhood.
Definition 2024
adolescence
adolescence
English
Noun
adolescence (countable and uncountable, plural adolescences)
- The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
- During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.
Synonyms
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Translations
period between childhood and maturity
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External links
- adolescence in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- adolescence in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.dɔ.lə.sɑ̃s/, /a.dɔl.sɑ̃s/
Noun
adolescence f (plural adolescences)
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Old French
Etymology
Late 13th century, borrowing from Latin adolescentia.
Noun
adolescence f (oblique plural adolescences, nominative singular adolescence, nominative plural adolescences)