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 Definitions of adult  [əˈdʌlt, ˈæd ʌlt]  

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Definition of 'adult' Random House Webster's College Dictionary 

1. (adj.) adult
having attained full size and strength; grown up; mature.

2.  adult
of, pertaining to, or befitting adults.

3.  adult
intended only for adults; not suitable for children.

4.  adult
pornographic.

5. (n.) adult
a person who is fully grown or developed or of age.

6.  adult
a person who has attained the legal age of majority.

7.  adult
a full-grown animal or plant.

Etymology:  (1525–35 < L adultus grown, ptp. of adolēre to make grow =ad-ad - +-olēre (akin to al- in aliment , ol- in prolific ))

Definition of 'adult' Princeton's WordNet 

1. (noun) adult, grownup
a fully developed person from maturity onward

2. (adj) adult
any mature animal

3. (adj) adult, big, full-grown, fully grown, grown, grownup
(of animals) fully developed
"an adult animal"; "a grown woman"

4. (adj) pornographic, adult
designed to arouse lust
"pornographic films and magazines"; "adult movies"


Definition of 'adult' Kernerman English Learner’s Dictionary 

1. (noun) adult
a fully-developed person or animal
when you're an adult; The price for adults is $10.00.

2. (adjective) adult
fully developed; = full-grown
an adult female cat

3.  adult
typical of an adult
adult behavior

4.  adult
showing behavior involving sex not appropriate for children
adult movies/magazines


Definition of 'adult' Webster Dictionary 

1. (adj) adult
having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age

2. (noun) adult
a person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity


Definition of 'adult' U.S. National Library of Medicine 

1.  adult
A person having attained full growth or maturity. Adults are of 19 through 44 years of age.


Translation of 'adult' Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary 

Sense: fully grown
an adult gorilla.

Afrikaans flag Afrikaans: volwasse Arabic flag Arabic: بَالِغ Bulgarian flag Bulgarian: възрастен
Brazilian flag Brazilian: adulto Czech flag Czech: dospělý German flag German: erwachsen
Danish flag Danish: voksen; fuldvoksen Greek flag Greek: ενήλικος Spanish flag Spanish: adulto
Estonian flag Estonian: täiskasvanud Farsi flag Farsi: بالغ Finnish flag Finnish: aikuinen
French flag French: adulte Hebrew flag Hebrew: מְבוּגָר Hindi flag Hindi: बालिग
Croatian flag Croatian: odrastaočovjek Hungarian flag Hungarian: kifejlett Indonesian flag Indonesian: dewasa
Icelandic flag Icelandic: fullorðinn, fulltíða Italian flag Italian: adulto Japanese flag Japanese: 大人の
Korean flag Korean: 성숙한 Lithuanian flag Lithuanian: suaugęs Latvian flag Latvian: pieaudzis
Malay flag Malay: dewasa Dutch flag Dutch: volwassen Norwegian flag Norwegian: voksen, utvokst
Polish flag Polish: dorosły Persian flag Persian: بالغ Pashto flag Pashto: کاهل، بالغ
Portuguese flag Portuguese: adulto Romanian flag Romanian: adult Russian flag Russian: взрослый
Slovak flag Slovak: dospelý Slovenian flag Slovenian: odrasel Serbian flag Serbian: odrastao
Swedish flag Swedish: [full]vuxen Thai flag Thai: โตเต็มที่ Turkish flag Turkish: yetişkin, erişkin
Taiwanese flag Taiwanese: 成年的 Ukrainian flag Ukrainian: дорослий Urdu flag Urdu: جوان
Vietnamese flag Vietnamese: trưởng thành Chinese flag Chinese: 成年人的

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