"come of age" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-come of age.ogg Forms: comes of age [present, singular, third-person], coming of age [participle, present], came of age [past], come of age [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|come<,,came,come> of age|head=come of age}} come of age (third-person singular simple present comes of age, present participle coming of age, simple past came of age, past participle come of age)
  1. (idiomatic) To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult. Tags: idiomatic Translations (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult): بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ (balaḡa rušdahu) (Arabic), büluğa çatmaq (Azerbaijani), 成年 (chéngnián) (Chinese Mandarin), tulla täysi-ikäiseksi (Finnish), atteindre la majorité (French), volljährig werden (German), ηλικιώνομαι (ilikiónomai) (Greek), התבגר (hitbagér) [perfective] (Hebrew), nagykorú lesz (Hungarian), adulteskar (Ido), berumur (Indonesian), aosaigh (Irish), diventare maggiorenne (Italian), 成人になる (seijin ni naru) (Japanese), 成人する (seijin suru) (Japanese), dorastać [imperfective] (Polish), dorosnąć [perfective] (Polish), a ajunge la majorat (Romanian), стать совершеннолетним (statʹ soveršennoletnim) (Russian), достичь совершеннолетия (dostičʹ soveršennoletija) (Russian), thig gu ìre (Scottish Gaelic), alcanzar la mayoría de edad (Spanish), bli myndig (Swedish), ན་ཚོད་དར (na tshod dar) (Tibetan), ན་ཚོད་ལོངས (na tshod longs) (Tibetan), སྐུ་ན་སོན (sku na son) [honorific] (Tibetan)
    Sense id: en-come_of_age-en-verb-NFJmdpYH Disambiguation of 'reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult': 97 3
  2. (idiomatic, by extension) To mature, or become fully developed. Tags: broadly, idiomatic Translations (mature, or become fully developed): başa-boya çatmaq (Azerbaijani), 成熟 (chéngshú) (Chinese Mandarin), tulla täysi-ikäiseksi (Finnish), maturer (French), mûrir (French), erwachsen werden (German), felnő (Hungarian), maturare (Italian), a se matura (Romanian), повзрослеть (povzrosletʹ) (Russian), достичь зрелости (dostičʹ zrelosti) (Russian), thig gu ìre (Scottish Gaelic), madurar (Spanish)
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Inflected forms

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          "mature"
        ],
        [
          "developed",
          "developed"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, by extension) To mature, or become fully developed."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "broadly",
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ar",
      "lang": "Arabic",
      "roman": "balaḡa rušdahu",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "büluğa çatmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chéngnián",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "成年"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "tulla täysi-ikäiseksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "atteindre la majorité"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "volljährig werden"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "ilikiónomai",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "ηλικιώνομαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "roman": "hitbagér",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "התבגר"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "note": "הגיע לבגרות m sg pf (higía l'vagrút, literally “to come to adulthood”)",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "note": "הגיע לגיל m sg pf (higía l'gíl, literally “to come to age”)",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult"
    },
    {
      "code": "he",
      "lang": "Hebrew",
      "note": "נעשה מבוגר m sg pf (na'asá mevugár, literally “to become an adult”)",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "nagykorú lesz"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "adulteskar"
    },
    {
      "code": "id",
      "lang": "Indonesian",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "berumur"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "aosaigh"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "diventare maggiorenne"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seijin ni naru",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "成人になる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "seijin suru",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "成人する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "dorastać"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "dorosnąć"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "a ajunge la majorat"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "statʹ soveršennoletnim",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "стать совершеннолетним"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostičʹ soveršennoletija",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "достичь совершеннолетия"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "thig gu ìre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "alcanzar la mayoría de edad"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "bli myndig"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "na tshod dar",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "ན་ཚོད་དར"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "na tshod longs",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "word": "ན་ཚོད་ལོངས"
    },
    {
      "code": "bo",
      "lang": "Tibetan",
      "roman": "sku na son",
      "sense": "reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult",
      "tags": [
        "honorific"
      ],
      "word": "སྐུ་ན་སོན"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "başa-boya çatmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "chéngshú",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "成熟"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "tulla täysi-ikäiseksi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "maturer"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "mûrir"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "erwachsen werden"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "felnő"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "maturare"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "a se matura"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "povzrosletʹ",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "повзрослеть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "dostičʹ zrelosti",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "достичь зрелости"
    },
    {
      "code": "gd",
      "lang": "Scottish Gaelic",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "thig gu ìre"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "mature, or become fully developed",
      "word": "madurar"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come of age"
}

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