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adolescence - 6 dictionary results

ad⋅o⋅les⋅cence

  [ad-l-es-uhns]
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–noun
1. the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, extending mainly over the teen years and terminating legally when the age of majority is reached; youth.
2. the process or state of growing to maturity.
3. a period or stage of development, as of a society, preceding maturity.
Origin:
1400–50; late ME < MF < L adolēscentia. See adolescent, -ence
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ad·o·les·cence   (ād'l-ěs'əns)   
n.  
  1. The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to maturity.
  2. A transitional period of development between youth and maturity: the adolescence of a nation.
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Adolescence

Ad`o*les"cence\, n. [Fr., fr. L. adolescentia.] The state of growing up from childhood to manhood or womanhood; youth, or the period of life between puberty and maturity, generally considered to be, in the male sex, from fourteen to twenty-one. Sometimes used with reference to the lower animals.
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Language Translation for : adolescence
Spanish: adolescencia,
German: die Jugendjahre(pl.),
Japanese: 10代
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Main Entry: ad·o·les·cence
Pronunciation: "ad-&l-'es-&n(t)s
Function: noun
1 : the state orprocess of growing up
2 : the period of life from puberty to maturity terminating legally at the age of majority
Merriam-Webster's Medical Dictionary, © 2002 Merriam-Webster, Inc.
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adolescence ad·o·les·cence (ād'l-ěs'əns)
n.
The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to complete growth and maturity.

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adolescence   (ād'l-ěs'əns)  Pronunciation Key 
The period of physical and psychological development from puberty to the onset of adulthood.
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