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1. adults

   An adult is a human or other animal that has reached full growth. In human context, the term adult has meanings associated with social and legal concepts. In contrast to a "minor", a legal adult is a person who has attained the age of majority and is therefore regarded as independent, self-sufficient, and responsible. They may also be regarded as a "major". The typical age of attaining legal adulthood is 18, although definition may vary by legal rights, country, and psychological development. Human adulthood encompasses psychological adult development. Definitions of adulthood are often inconsistent and contradictory; a person may be biologically an adult, and have adult behavior, but still be treated as a child if they are under the legal age of majority. Conversely, one may legally be an adult but possess none of the maturity and responsibility that may define an adult character. In different cultures there are events that relate passing from being a child to becoming an adult or coming of age. This often encompasses the passing a series of tests to demonstrate that a person is prepared for adulthood, or reaching a specified age, sometimes in conjunction with demonstrating preparation. Most modern societies determine legal adulthood based on reaching a legally specified age without requiring a demonstration of physical maturity or preparation for adulthood.

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1. adultsnoun

   Plural noun of the word adult.

   The adults were asked to accompany the children on the largest theme park rides.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on May 3, 2016  

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'adults' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #3080

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'adults' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2955

How to pronounce adults?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say adults in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of adults in Chaldean Numerology is: 3

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of adults in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of adults in a Sentence

1. Erika Chiappini:

   Babies and kids are also social learners and very much benefit from the back-and-forth interaction with others (adults and kids) which is hard to achieve with screens.

2. Andrew Krowne:

   It's just a sheer overwhelming number of children versus adults, i'm not risking my children's safety.

3. Senator Allen:

   We’re very careful here not to try to mandate a lot of different things but this is a no-brainer, after all, adults get breaks at work, right ? It’s because they’ve learned that people need a break to get up, move around, to be able to come back and they do better. So, same with children.

4. Dimitri Thivaios:

   It's like a theme park for adults.

5. Ujwala Kaza:

   Yes, children tend to be more prone to asthma, in the U.S, there are 25 million patients with asthma and of these 7 million are children (and remember, a lot of the adults in that group of 25 million patients are people who had it as a child). Asthma is one of the most common chronic disease processes in children.

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References

1. ^ Wikipedia
   https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adults