"young adult" meaning in English

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Adjective

Forms: more young adult [comparative], most young adult [superlative]
Head templates: {{en-adj}} young adult (comparative more young adult, superlative most young adult)
  1. (publishing) Pertaining to young adult writing. Categories (topical): Publishing
    Sense id: en-young_adult-en-adj-wTVkfwjb Topics: media, publishing

Noun

Forms: young adults [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun}} young adult (plural young adults)
  1. A person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience. 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-u-2YYKZT Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 19 63 18 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 16 70 15 Disambiguation of English terms with non-redundant non-automated sortkeys: 21 59 20 Disambiguation of 'person who has achieved the age of majority but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience': 95 5
  2. (publishing) An adolescent; a reader of young adult writing (YA). Categories (topical): Publishing, People Related terms: young man, young lady
    Sense id: en-young_adult-en-noun-BnvsPElm Disambiguation of People: 21 32 47 Topics: media, publishing

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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