"young adult" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: young adults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} young adult (plural young adults)
  1. (often attributive) A person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience. Tags: attributive, often Synonyms: YA Translations (person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience): jongvolwassene [feminine, masculine] (Dutch), nuori aikuinen (Finnish), jeune adulte [masculine] (French), młody dorosły [masculine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-young_adult-en-noun-en:person_past_the_age_of_majority_but_still_young Categories (other): English links with manual fragments, English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 80 20 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 82 18 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 81 19 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 90 10 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 86 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 72 28 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 88 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of 'person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience': 96 4
  2. (publishing, often attributive, sometimes capitalized) An adolescent; a genre of writing aimed primarily at this readership. Tags: attributive, capitalized, often, sometimes Categories (topical): Publishing, People Synonyms: YA
    Sense id: en-young_adult-en-noun-en:adolescent;_genre_serving_adolescent_readership Disambiguation of People: 40 60 Topics: media, publishing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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