Definitions for young adult
young adult

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1. young adultnoun

   A person who has achieved sexual maturity but whose character and personality are still developing as they gain experience

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1. Young adult

   A young/prime adult, according to Erik Erikson's stages of human development, is generally a person in the age range of 20 to 40, whereas an adolescent is a person aging from 13 to 19, although definitions and opinions vary. The young adult stage in human development precedes middle adulthood. A person in the middle adulthood stage ages from 40 to 64. In maturity, a person is 65 years old or older.

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1. Young Adult

   A person between 19 and 24 years of age.

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1. young adult

   A person of a known age.

   A young adult can be from age 18 to 22 years young.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 26, 2021  

How to pronounce young adult?

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

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say young adult in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of young adult in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of young adult in Pythagorean Numerology is: 5

Examples of young adult in a Sentence

1. Brandon Hayes-Lattin:

   Cancer can throw a wrench in that to a substantial degree, what makes it challenging for adolescent and young adult patients that's different from younger patients and older patients is that there are some really unique things that face this group.

2. Cobb Scott:

   There have been a couple of meta-analyses done in adult samples, but this is the first one to be done specifically in adolescent and young adult samples, we looked at everything from learning and memory to different aspects of executive functioning such as abstraction ability.

3. Karen Effinger:

   I hope these studies will inform patients and physicians about some of the potential problems survivors face and will help to encourage better surveillance, in adolescent and young adult patients, we need to continue to research the spectrum of late effects.

4. Shane Dormady:

   I think younger people are on average consuming less healthy food – fast food, processed snacks, processed sugars – and I think that those foods also contain higher concentrations of carcinogens and mutagens, in addition to the fact that they are very fattening, it’s well-publicized that child, adolescent, young adult obesity is rampant, if not epidemic, in our country.

5. Shane Dormady:

   It’s well-publicized that child, adolescent, young adult obesity is rampant, if not epidemic, in our country.

References

1. ^ Wiktionary
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Young_Adult
2. ^ Wikidata
   https://www.wikidata.org/w/index.php?search=young adult