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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. Martha McClintock:

   I think of it as we’re going down a river as we age, when we’re young adults or middle aged, we’re pretty much in the same boat, but then with aging the stream splits up( and) we start zigging and zagging on different pathways.

2. Tami Skoff:

   The example we like to give here is if we have two families visiting with one another. Both families have two fully vaccinated adults and two unvaccinated children. In this example we'd recommend that the visit take place outdoors and everyone wear masks and physically distance.

3. Ashley Poust:

   Living birds shoot up to adult size very quickly, mainly as a way of getting strong enough to fly as soon as they can. But they may delay getting their adult feathers for a long time. Gulls, for example, don't look like adults for three or four years even though they learn to fly in only three months.

4. Kari Simonsen:

   We can't make assumptions about the safety or tolerability of medicines in children being the same as for adults.

5. Jurgen Buhler:

   Many of them were children, teenagers or young adults during the Holocaust, they were either in ghettos or concentration camps. So this night is giving them something back which they could never experience when they were young.

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References

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