Definition of Adolescence
Adolescence
ad·o·les·cence
Definition/Meaning
(noun)
the period of life that begins at puberty and ends at maturity, during which a person develops from a child to an adult;
e.g. She spent most of her adolescence in New York.
(noun)
broadly, the process or state of growing up;
e.g. Nutrition can play a role in the rate of adolescence in a person.
(noun)
broadly, a state or time of development to a mature state, especially for a culture or language;
e.g. These texts show the language in its adolescence, before it reached its current form.
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