"of age" meaning in English

See of age in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Prepositional phrase

Head templates: {{head|en|prepositional phrase|head=}} of age, {{en-PP}} of age
  1. Old enough to be considered an adult (in law, or by society generally). Translations (old enough to be considered an adult): راشِد (rāšid) (Arabic), паўнале́тні (paŭnaljétni) (Belarusian), major d'edat [feminine, masculine] (Catalan), 成年的 (chéngnián de) (Chinese Mandarin), 成年人 (chéngniánrén) (Chinese Mandarin), 成年者 (chéngniánzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), plnoletý (Czech), myndig (Danish), meerderjarig (Dutch), volwassen (Dutch), täysi-ikäinen (Finnish), majeur (French), სრულწლოვანი (srulc̣lovani) (Georgian), ზრდასრული (zrdasruli) (Georgian), მოწიფული (moc̣ipuli) (Georgian), volljährig (German), mündig (German), nagykorú (Hungarian), maggiorenne (Italian), 成年者 (seinensha) (alt: せいねんしゃ) (Japanese), myndig (Norwegian), pełnoletni (Polish), maior (Portuguese), совершенноле́тний (soveršennolétnij) (Russian), mayor de edad (Spanish), myndig (Swedish), повнолі́тній (povnolítnij) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-of_age-en-prep_phrase-qBEY1ucH Disambiguation of 'old enough to be considered an adult': 94 6
  2. (formal, idiomatic, law, usually literary) Having existed for a certain period of time; used in referring to a person's age. Tags: formal, idiomatic, literary, usually Categories (topical): Law, Age Derived forms: come of age
    Sense id: en-of_age-en-prep_phrase-uJVy-rQ1 Disambiguation of Age: 8 92 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 3 97 Topics: law

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      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
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      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "myndig"
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      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "meerderjarig"
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      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "volwassen"
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      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "täysi-ikäinen"
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      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "majeur"
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      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "srulc̣lovani",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "სრულწლოვანი"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "zrdasruli",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "ზრდასრული"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "moc̣ipuli",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "მოწიფული"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "volljährig"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "mündig"
    },
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      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "nagykorú"
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      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "maggiorenne"
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      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "成年者"
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      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "mayor de edad"
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      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "old enough to be considered an adult",
      "word": "myndig"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "povnolítnij",
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