The meaning of Adolescence

Adolescence – definition

noun
The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.
Usage examples:
Mary spent her childhood and adolescence in europe
Synonims:
Teenage years Teens Youth Young adulthood Young days Early life Pubescence Puberty Juvenescence Juvenility

noun
The period of time in a person's life when they are developing into an adult
Usage examples:
She had a troubled adolescence., yet another novel about the joys and sorrows of adolescence

Adolescence translation into English

Adolescence: translate from English into Chinese

青春期, 青春

Adolescence: translate from English into Dutch

Adolescentie, Jongelingsjaren, Jongelingschap

Adolescence: translate from English into French

Adolescence

Adolescence: translate from English into German

Jugend, Adoleszenz, Pubertät

Adolescence: translate from English into Hindi

किशोरावस्था, किशोरता, यौवनावस्था, कौमार्य

Adolescence: translate from English into Italian

Adolescenza

Adolescence: translate from English into Korean

청년기, 청춘기, 청년다움

Adolescence: translate from English into Russian

Подростковый возраст, Юность, Молодость

Adolescence: translate from English into Spanish

Adolescencia

Word origin

late Middle English: from French, from Latin adolescentia, from adolescere ‘grow to maturity’ (see adolescent).

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Adolescence – similar words

adolescent

adjective
(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.
Usage examples:
Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

noun
An adolescent boy or girl.
Usage examples:
The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adjective
Between the ages of a child and an adult
Usage examples:
The two adolescent boys made their mother very tired., [ c ] he had an unhappy adolescence., i teac…

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adolescency

noun
Adolescence.

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adolesced

verb
To become adolescent; to pass through adolescence.

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adolesce

verb
To become adolescent; to pass through adolescence.

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Adolescence synonims

juvenescence

noun
The state or period of being young.
Usage examples:
The characters she is reconstructing spring from her own juvenescence

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juvenility

noun
The quality of being juvenile (= behaving in a way that is silly and typical of a child)
Usage examples:
My occasional lapses into juvenility seemed to pain him., juvenility is rampant in contemporary cul…

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puberty

noun
The period during which adolescents reach sexual maturity and become capable of reproduction.
Usage examples:
The onset of puberty

noun
The stage in a person’s life when the person develops from a child into an adult because of changes in the body that make the person able to have children

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pubescence

noun
The time when puberty begins.
Usage examples:
Girls experience epiphyseal closure of long bones secondary to estrogen secretion, grow approximate…

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teens

noun
The years of a person's age from 13 to 19.
Usage examples:
They were both in their late teens

plural noun
The years when you are 13 through 19 years old
Usage examples:
He hosted his own radio show while still in his teens., temperatures today will range from the teen…

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youth

noun
The period between childhood and adult age.
Usage examples:
He had been a keen sportsman in his youth

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