adult in English: A person who has finished growing and is no longer a child. (noun)

Translation

A person who has finished growing and is no longer a child.

Word origin

From Latin adultus, the past participle of adolescere, meaning to grow up.

Gender

Pluraladults

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An "adult" is a fully grown person.

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"Adults" is the plural form.

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Here "adult" tells you the film is not for children.

child

A young person who is not yet grown up, or someone's son or daughter.

kid

A child, in an easy and friendly way of speaking.

baby

A very young child who has just been born or is only a few months old.

parent

A person's mother or father.

grow

To get bigger over time, or to make a plant get bigger.

teenager

A young person between thirteen and nineteen years old.

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