adulthood

CEFRB2

/əˈdʌˌlthʊd/

noun

Türkçe translations

Translating…

In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    The period of life when a person is a grown adult.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    The time period of a person's majority, following puberty and lasting until death.

Examples

  • Adolescence is a period of transition between childhood and adulthood.

  • They will be accepted by their peers in adulthood.

At a glance

Sits at B2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
3
Parts of speech
1

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meaning

  1. The state or condition, for humans and other animals, of physical and psychological maturity: being an adult.

More examples

In context

  • Adulthood enables us to survive in the wilderness.

  • Meronyms: young adulthood; emerging adulthood (sometimes construed as coordinate)

  • The boy entered adulthood by undergoing a rite of passage.

Antonyms

Quick test

Two questions on this entry. Nothing is scored.

Question 1 · Quick check

To reach legal blank in most countries, one must turn eighteen years old.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

Nearby

Origin

noun

From adult + -hood.