Adulthood
noun
The time in your life when you are grown-up or mature.
He wanted to be a firefighter since his early adulthood.
Often appears as...
- early adulthood
- late adulthood
noun
Legally, the time when you are recognized as a full-grown, self-responsible person.
When he reached adulthood, he took over his father's business.
Often appears as...
- reached adulthood
- attainment of adulthood
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Formal
noun
The time in your life when you are grown-up or mature.
He wanted to be a firefighter since his early adulthood.
Often appears as...
- early adulthood
- late adulthood
noun
Legally, the time when you are recognized as a full-grown, self-responsible person.
When he reached adulthood, he took over his father's business.
Often appears as...
- reached adulthood
- attainment of adulthood
Usage tips
Formal
Definition 1 of 2
Pro Tip 1/3Life Stages
Adulthood is a period that follows childhood and adolescence.
She faced many challenges during her transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Growth
Adulthood often involves increased responsibilities and independence.
Adulthood brought new freedoms in his personal and professional life.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variation
The age defining adulthood can vary in different cultures.
In some cultures, adulthood is celebrated with coming-of-age ceremonies.
Pro Tip 1/3Life Stages
Adulthood is a period that follows childhood and adolescence.
She faced many challenges during her transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Growth
Adulthood often involves increased responsibilities and independence.
Adulthood brought new freedoms in his personal and professional life.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variation
The age defining adulthood can vary in different cultures.
In some cultures, adulthood is celebrated with coming-of-age ceremonies.
Pro Tip 1/3Life Stages
Adulthood is a period that follows childhood and adolescence.
She faced many challenges during her transition from adolescence to adulthood.
Pro Tip 2/3Personal Growth
Adulthood often involves increased responsibilities and independence.
Adulthood brought new freedoms in his personal and professional life.
Pro Tip 3/3Cultural Variation
The age defining adulthood can vary in different cultures.
In some cultures, adulthood is celebrated with coming-of-age ceremonies.
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Handraising Twin Tiger...
He had a bit of a tougher time. Didn't you? You're doing well. He's nearly the same weight as his brother now. Despite their good health, life for young tigers is precarious. Globally, over a third of captive-born Sumatran cubs won't make it to adulthood. So, you need to relax, like your brother. Relax, eh?
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Adorable Tiger Cub...
couple of hours we were a little worried about he had a bit of a tougher time didn't you you're doing well he's nearly the same weight as his brother now despite their good health life for young tigers is precarious globally over a third of captive-born sumatran cubs won't make it to adulthood
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Why are there so many...
that together make them some of the most adaptable and resilient creatures, beginning with their impressive ability to breed. Many species can produce hundreds of offspring within their lifetimes. Most offspring will die, but more than enough will survive into adulthood to reproduce.
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An algorithm for happily...
adulthood now that might sound unlikely but I'm sure all of you can think of friends who are intelligent grown adults who seem to lose all capacity for reason when it comes to their love life and so it can happen to the best of us it leaves us
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Paper towns and why...
that I had when I was in high school, and then again when I was in college. And as an adult, re-finding these communities has re-introduced me to a community of learners, and has encouraged me to continue to be a learner even in my adulthood,
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Alice Goffman: How we're...
I want to end with a call to young people, the young people attending college and the young people struggling to stay out of prison or to make it through prison and return home. It may seem like these paths to adulthood are worlds apart,
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Why elephants never...
The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory a complex and adaptable faculty beyond rote memorization. It's what allows elephants who survived a drought in their youth to recognize its warning signs in adulthood,
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Could You Pass the...
dissipate completely as the chief sees it the ritual not only marks the initiate entrance into adulthood it makes them better men if you live your life without suffering anything or without any kind of effort it won't be
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Young Weasels Leave The...
family to thrive i'm really proud of bandits she's raised these three really strong independent stokes ready to go forth and find new territories as the kits reach adulthood they will
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Circumcision PIPE National...
by respecting tradition and prevailing over hardship tondo has proven himself a man red clay marks his new status he is now eligible for marriage and other rights of adulthood
Video examples
Handraising Twin Tiger...
He had a bit of a tougher time. Didn't you? You're doing well. He's nearly the same weight as his brother now. Despite their good health, life for young tigers is precarious. Globally, over a third of captive-born Sumatran cubs won't make it to adulthood. So, you need to relax, like your brother. Relax, eh?
Video examples
Adorable Tiger Cub...
couple of hours we were a little worried about he had a bit of a tougher time didn't you you're doing well he's nearly the same weight as his brother now despite their good health life for young tigers is precarious globally over a third of captive-born sumatran cubs won't make it to adulthood
Video examples
Why are there so many...
that together make them some of the most adaptable and resilient creatures, beginning with their impressive ability to breed. Many species can produce hundreds of offspring within their lifetimes. Most offspring will die, but more than enough will survive into adulthood to reproduce.
Video examples
An algorithm for happily...
adulthood now that might sound unlikely but I'm sure all of you can think of friends who are intelligent grown adults who seem to lose all capacity for reason when it comes to their love life and so it can happen to the best of us it leaves us
Video examples
Paper towns and why...
that I had when I was in high school, and then again when I was in college. And as an adult, re-finding these communities has re-introduced me to a community of learners, and has encouraged me to continue to be a learner even in my adulthood,
Video examples
Alice Goffman: How we're...
I want to end with a call to young people, the young people attending college and the young people struggling to stay out of prison or to make it through prison and return home. It may seem like these paths to adulthood are worlds apart,
Video examples
Why elephants never...
The ability to distinguish this importance makes elephant memory a complex and adaptable faculty beyond rote memorization. It's what allows elephants who survived a drought in their youth to recognize its warning signs in adulthood,
Video examples
Could You Pass the...
dissipate completely as the chief sees it the ritual not only marks the initiate entrance into adulthood it makes them better men if you live your life without suffering anything or without any kind of effort it won't be
Video examples
Young Weasels Leave The...
family to thrive i'm really proud of bandits she's raised these three really strong independent stokes ready to go forth and find new territories as the kits reach adulthood they will
Video examples
Circumcision PIPE National...
by respecting tradition and prevailing over hardship tondo has proven himself a man red clay marks his new status he is now eligible for marriage and other rights of adulthood
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Quote examples
Rick Riordan
American Author
I think anytime you're writing to the middle grades, you're writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents.
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Jena Malone
American Actress
There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.
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Karyn Kusama
American Director
One of the uncertain pleasures of adulthood, for me, has really been about confronting how little I know about the world and how much completely baffles me about the world and human behavior.
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Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
American Businesswoman
Progress among the youngest children is especially important because we know that preventing obesity at an early age helps young people maintain a healthy weight into adulthood.
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Billy Graham
American Clergyman
When I was young, I could not imagine being old. My mother said, and the doctor confirmed, that I had an unusual amount of energy; and it followed me into young adulthood.
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Freddy Adu
Ghanaian Athlete
I think everything happens for a reason and all the things that happened to me - good, bad - I'm glad they did. It's made me ready for life, for adulthood.
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Russell Smith
Canadian Novelist
Even in early adulthood, men can't be told what to wear; they can only be subtly moved by example, encouragement, and a generally sophisticated atmosphere.
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Walt Disney
American Businessman
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
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Zelda Williams
American Actress
Probably the most important thing in terms of just trying to navigate and moving forward into adulthood is staying busy.
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Germaine Greer
Australian Activist
The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.
Quote examples
Rick Riordan
American Author
I think anytime you're writing to the middle grades, you're writing to young readers who are trapped in a number of ways between two worlds: between childhood and adulthood, between their friends and their parents.
Quote examples
Jena Malone
American Actress
There is a point in every young person's life when you realize that the youth that you've progressed through and graduate to some sort of adulthood is equally as messed up as where you're going.
Quote examples
Karyn Kusama
American Director
One of the uncertain pleasures of adulthood, for me, has really been about confronting how little I know about the world and how much completely baffles me about the world and human behavior.
Quote examples
Risa Lavizzo-Mourey
American Businesswoman
Progress among the youngest children is especially important because we know that preventing obesity at an early age helps young people maintain a healthy weight into adulthood.
Quote examples
Billy Graham
American Clergyman
When I was young, I could not imagine being old. My mother said, and the doctor confirmed, that I had an unusual amount of energy; and it followed me into young adulthood.
Quote examples
Freddy Adu
Ghanaian Athlete
I think everything happens for a reason and all the things that happened to me - good, bad - I'm glad they did. It's made me ready for life, for adulthood.
Quote examples
Russell Smith
Canadian Novelist
Even in early adulthood, men can't be told what to wear; they can only be subtly moved by example, encouragement, and a generally sophisticated atmosphere.
Quote examples
Walt Disney
American Businessman
Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.
Quote examples
Zelda Williams
American Actress
Probably the most important thing in terms of just trying to navigate and moving forward into adulthood is staying busy.
Quote examples
Germaine Greer
Australian Activist
The management of fertility is one of the most important functions of adulthood.
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