coming of age
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4.1
- noun
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- The novel beautifully captures the struggles and triumphs of a teenager's coming of age into adulthood.
- coming of age ceremony
- coming of age story
- mark the coming of age
OK, well, what is the coming of age, the hero's journey?
- OK, well, what is the coming of age, the hero's journey?
- But girls too, coming of age is dangerous.
- I know that I was determined to make the best coming of age beach vampire movie ever made.
- The Burning Girl bears some resemblance to a coming of age novel, but it is considerably more than that.
- Just growing up, I was trying to come to terms with the world that I was absorbing as I was coming of age as a, as a, as a child scientist.
- And he, he's just, he happens to be coming of age just as quantum is being discovered.
- And this is all just so beautifully integrated to writing about love and writing about coming of age.
- Living through a narcissistic relationship and seeing it clearly is in many ways a coming of age story.
- So this podcast, which I forgot to mention the titles called Bless These Braces, it's about coming of age.
- Z is coming of age and, you know, just like the millennials before them, there's, there's going to be a massive amount of demand for this type of content and material.
- There was a lot of painful, you know, coming of age rituals as well.
- It was what was the most coming of age indie movie job you ever had?
- And I think that coming of age and kind of teen crime solving is fun.
Examples
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Mothers play a significant role in preparing their daughters for the coming-of-age ceremony.
Academic text (1999) -
Of course, Stand By Me was a very important period for all of us because it really was the coming of age that you see on the screen.
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Which is, to my mind at least, this beautiful story about coming of age, but also about family.
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But girls too, coming of age is dangerous.
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His weekend was spent coming of age in every sense.
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The story of the 2008 election was the coming of age of online politics.
Blog text (23) -
But once it is revealed, the book becomes much less of a coming of age story and more of a really philosophical work.
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I'm here to honor your coming of age.
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It's a fascinating film, coming of age against all odds.
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My coming-of-age story is complete.
Synonyms
101
3.3
A state of being fully grown in body, mind, or feelings
61
3.1
The time in life when a person is fully grown and has more responsibilities
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5.3
Becoming fully grown and developed, for example in people or wine
Antonyms
How Mature
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase's meaning ('reaching maturity') is directly derivable from 'coming' (arrival) + 'of' + 'age' (the years or status when adult rights begin): it literally describes the arrival/attainment of a certain age or adulthood. This compositional meaning is cross-linguistically common and follows an obvious semantic logic, so a B1 learner who knows the constituents would likely infer the MWE's meaning.
Etymology
Coming of age may come from old ceremonies where a young person made a public coming forward to show they had reached a certain age and could take on adult duties. That's why the phrase is used for the moment or process of 'becoming an adult'.