"adulthood" meaning in English

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Noun

Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-adulthood.wav Forms: adulthoods [plural]
Etymology: From adult + -hood. Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|adult|hood}} adult + -hood Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} adulthood (usually uncountable, plural adulthoods)
  1. 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. Tags: uncountable, usually
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  2. 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Age Translations (time of life): 成年 (chéngnián) (Chinese Mandarin), dospělost [feminine] (Czech), volwassenheid [feminine] (Dutch), adolteco (Esperanto), plenaĝo (Esperanto), täysi-ikäisyys (Finnish), aikuisuus (Finnish), aikuisikä (Finnish), âge adulte [masculine] (French), majorité [feminine] (French), Erwachsenenalter [neuter] (German), בַּגְרוּת (bagrút) [feminine] (Hebrew), वयस्कता (vayaskatā) [feminine] (Hindi), adulteso (Ido), dewasa (Indonesian), 成人であること (seijin de aru koto) (alt: せいじんであること) (Japanese), adulta aetas [feminine] (Latin), dorosłość [feminine] (Polish), adultez [feminine] (Portuguese), maturitate [feminine] (Romanian), vârstă adultă [feminine] (Romanian), зре́лость (zrélostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), взро́слость (vzróslostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), совершенноле́тие (soveršennolétije) (english: majority, full age) [neuter] (Russian), edad adulta [feminine] (Spanish), adultez [feminine] (Spanish), vuxendom [common-gender] (Swedish), yetişkinlik (Turkish), بالاغەت (balaghet) (Uyghur), daülüp (Volapük)
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The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: subadulthood, waithood

Inflected forms

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    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with German translations",
    "Terms with Hebrew translations",
    "Terms with Hindi translations",
    "Terms with Ido translations",
    "Terms with Indonesian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Latin translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
    "Terms with Polish translations",
    "Terms with Portuguese translations",
    "Terms with Romanian translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Spanish translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Turkish translations",
    "Terms with Uyghur translations",
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          "text": "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."
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          "text": "The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage."
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        {
          "text": "The things learned in childhood will effect a person throughout its adulthood."
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chéngnián",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "成年"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "dospělost"
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      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "volwassenheid"
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      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "adolteco"
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    {
      "code": "eo",
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      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "plenaĝo"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
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      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "täysi-ikäisyys"
    },
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "aikuisuus"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "aikuisikä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "âge adulte"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "majorité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Erwachsenenalter"
    },
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      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "bagrút",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "בַּגְרוּת"
    },
    {
      "code": "hi",
      "lang": "Hindi",
      "roman": "vayaskatā",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "word": "वयस्कता"
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    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "adulteso"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "dewasa"
    },
    {
      "alt": "せいじんであること",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seijin de aru koto",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "成人であること"
    },
    {
      "code": "la",
      "lang": "Latin",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adulta aetas"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "dorosłość"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adultez"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "maturitate"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "vârstă adultă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "zrélostʹ",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "зре́лость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vzróslostʹ",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "взро́слость"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "english": "majority, full age",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "soveršennolétije",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "совершенноле́тие"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "edad adulta"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "adultez"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "vuxendom"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "yetişkinlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "balaghet",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "بالاغەت"
    },
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      "code": "vo",
      "lang": "Volapük",
      "sense": "time of life",
      "word": "daülüp"
    }
  ],
  "word": "adulthood"
}

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