Definitions of adolescence [ˌæd lˈɛs əns]

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Definition of 'adolescence'

Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) adolescence
the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, terminating legally when the age of majority is reached; youth.

2. adolescence
the process or state of growing to maturity.

3. adolescence
a period or stage of development, as of a society, preceding maturity.

Etymology: (1400–50; late ME < MF < L)

Definition of 'adolescence'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) adolescence
the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood

2. (noun) adolescence
in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood

Definition of 'adolescence'

Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary

1. (noun) adolescence
the years between the ages of 12 and 18
early adolescence

Definition of 'adolescence'

Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) adolescence
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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