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   adult

   /ˈadʌlt/

   noun

   • 1. a person who is fully grown or developed: "children should be accompanied by an adult"
   • ▪ a fully developed animal.
   • ▪ a person who has reached the age of majority.

   adjective

   • 1. fully grown or developed: "an adult woman" Similar maturegrown-upfully grownfull-grownfully developedfully fledgedof agehaving reached one's majorityin one's primein full bloomOpposite infantjuvenile
   • ▪ of or for adult people: "adult education"
   • ▪ emotionally and mentally mature: "an effort to be adult and civilized"
   • ▪ suitable only for adults (used euphemistically to refer to a sexually explicit film, book, or magazine). Similar sexually explicitobscenepornographichardcoresoft-corelewdsmuttydirtyfilthyvulgarcruderuderacyrisquéribaldnaughtyarousingearthyRabelaisianeroticcarnalsensualsexysuggestivetitillatingspicyrawtaboooff colourindecentimproperinformal:pornpornoblueraunchysteamyX-ratedtriple-XXXXfull-frontalskinfruitysaucynear the knucklenear the bonegamyrare:rankithyphallicFescennineCyprianOpposite family

   verb

   • 1. behave in a way characteristic of a responsible adult, especially by accomplishing mundane but necessary tasks: informal "I've adulted with moderate success this week by compiling invoices and billing my client"

   Word Origin mid 16th century: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere ‘grow to maturity’ (see adolescent).

   Derivatives

   • 1. adultly adverb

   Scrabble Points: 6

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2. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › englishADULT | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary

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   • English (US)

     A1. a person or animal that has grown to full size and...

   • Znaczenie Adult, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     ADULT definicja: 1. a person or animal that has grown to...

   • Adult: Malay Translation

     ADULT translate: dewasa, matang, dewasa, dewasa. Learn more...

   • Ukrainian Translation

     ADULT - translate into Ukrainian with the English-Ukrainian...

   • Adult: German Translation

     ADULT translate: erwachsen, erwachsen, für Erwachsene,...

   • Adult: Polish Translation

     ADULT translate: dorosły, dorosły, dorosły, dla dorosłych ,...

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6. dictionary.cambridge.org › dictionary › learner-englishADULT | meaning - Cambridge Learner's Dictionary

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7. www.vocabulary.com › dictionary › adultAdult - Definition, Meaning & Synonyms | Vocabulary.com

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   Adult is noun and an adjective, both of which refer to something mature, no longer a child. A full-grown person is called an adult: they can vote, rent cars, and choose to eat sugary cereal for dinner every night. If you're still a child, then you are not an adult — that's the noun version.