adulthood
part of speech
noun (adulthood, uncountable)
meaning for a pupil
The time of life when you are a grown-up, after childhood and the teenage years. tree →
sense in the lessons
In science and health lessons about life cycles: humans go from baby to childhood to adolescence to adulthood. In stories it marks a character growing up. Phrases: reach adulthood, in adulthood, early adulthood, into adulthood.
examples
- Most animals grow fast before they reach adulthood. tree →
- Childhood comes before adulthood. tree →
- Some friendships last into adulthood. tree →
- In adulthood, people often have jobs and pay bills. tree →
- Frogs reach adulthood after being tadpoles. tree →
- He kept his love of drawing into adulthood. tree →
- The Youth, advanced to adulthood, proceeded to steal things of still greater value. tree →
note
Uncountable. adult + hood (like childhood, neighbourhood). In many countries you legally reach adulthood at 18. Pronounced AD-ult-hood or a-DULT-hood.
Trees and pragmatics
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