adulthood
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3.1
- noun
- /əˈdʌlthʊd/
:
edad adulta
- Entering adulthood means taking on responsibilities like paying bills and managing a career.
- reach adulthood
- transition to adulthood
- young adulthood
Like we all come into this adulthood with hard stuff.
- Like we all come into this adulthood with hard stuff.
- But so few people go into adulthood with that sense of self.
- Being carefree well into adulthood tends not to be a thing.
- That is what adulthood has become about for me.
- They can begin later in adulthood as well.
- You, you, you come into, you know, adulthood with all kinds of emotional burdens.
- So I carried that sentence with me into adulthood.
- Yeah, that was like, that was that was a transition to adulthood.
Examples
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You know, a lot of people say that college is the time when young men and women expand the way that they look at their world, when they open their minds to new ideas and experiences and when they begin that long journey from the innocence of youth to the responsibilities of adulthood.
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Although Mason preferred a private station in life, his entire adulthood was filled with public affairs.
Academic text (1991) -
But so few people go into adulthood with that sense of self.
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It's very difficult in early adulthood to be able to meet your own needs.
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That is what adulthood has become about for me.
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Tonight, the boys and girls closer to adulthood move much more carefully.
Fiction book (1999) -
From childhood through adulthood, I needed to sleep with something to protect or comfort me.
Fiction book (1997) -
Their performance and achievements in adulthood were superior to the general population.
Academic text (1990) -
This is where they delineate between childhood and adulthood or the time to be responsible.
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I've been reading a lot recently about how researchers are finding that people can change their personalities well into their adulthood.
Synonyms
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3.3
A state of being fully grown in body, mind, or feelings
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6.7
The way a person acts responsibly and calmly when grown up
A state of being fully grown and behaving in a calm, sensible way
How Mature
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Adulthood is made from adult ('grown') and the suffix -hood ('state' or 'condition'), just like childhood names the state of being a child. So, adulthood is the state of being fully grown and taking on adult responsibilities.