grown-up
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2.3
- noun
- /ˈɡroʊnˌʌp/
:
adulto
- After all, I have been a grown-up person for many years.
I don't think many grown-ups want to eat mashed potatoes.
- I don't think many grown-ups want to eat mashed potatoes.
- It's it's not, it's not grown-ups as much.
- And then over time you have to be the only grown up in the relationship.
- I'd never really played a grown up before.
- And this is like strobe cream from Mac for grown-ups.
- And it's much easier with children, obviously than with grown-ups.
- Like, most of this is about learning how to be a grown up proper person, right?
Examples
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There was to be a children's dinner in her rooms, mimicking the grown-up meal down below in the hall.
Fiction book (1992) -
The people who had named our towns were pioneers, grown-ups who knew what they were doing.
Academic text (2001) -
And then over time you have to be the only grown up in the relationship.
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I'm glad my kids are all grown up, but it's not safe.
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Well, maybe when you got to be a grown-up, work and fun were the same thing.
Fiction book (1994) -
"What do you say, give the grown-ups some time to talk?"
Fiction book (1993) -
But Gilbert was a man; he was a grown-up; he could leave and not come back.
Fiction book (1992) -
The grown-ups are going to talk and you're going home.
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But the truth is, sometimes grown-ups screw up, but we don't have anyone to tell us when we do it.
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As a grown-up, he took on responsibilities that he had avoided in his youth.
Synonyms
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1.1
A person who is an adult and not a child
Antonyms
How Mature
Surface Forms
Morphology
grown-up = grown (semi-transparent) = up + grown
The components are clear, but the specific meaning of 'an adult person' is not directly derivable. [Postprocessing: moved 'up' from base_words to prefix]
Etymology
Grown-up comes from grow and up, meaning 'to grow' and 'up', so it simply names someone who has grown to adulthood. In other words, a grown-up is an adult person.