adolescencead‧o‧les‧cence /ˌædəˈlesəns/ ●○○ noun [uncountable] 
Examples
ExamplesEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
Thesaurus- During adolescence, boys are sometimes very shy and lacking in self-confidence.
- At least these skits had grown in sophistication since my adolescence.
- During her adolescence she had been deeply and profoundly idealistic.
- I should know ... Friendships become easier for young women in later adolescence as they develop a clearer sense of self identity.
- My adolescence was a triumph of the superego over the id.
- Now it is readily apparent that adolescence conceived in this way does not correspond with puberty.
- Yes, adolescence is the age of flaring, terminal embarrassment.
Longman Language Activatorthe time when you were young► childhood
Collocations the time when you are a child: · Nina had happy memories of her childhood on the farm.early childhood (=when you are a young child): · His early childhood was spent with his father in Chicago.
► youth the time when you are young, especially the time between 15 and 25 when you are no longer a child: · She revisited all the places where she had spent her youth.in somebody's youth (=when they were young): · Caroline had been a ballet dancer in her youth.
► adolescence the time when a young person is changing from being a child into a young adult - use this especially when talking about the problems that young people have at this age: · During adolescence, boys are sometimes very shy and lacking in self-confidence.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES► somebody’s early childhood/adolescence/life
the time, usually between the ages of 12 and 18, when a young person is developing into an adult (=when someone is a young child, adolescent etc)· We’ve known each other since early childhood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE► early· Charlotte Mason regarded teaching as her vocation from her early adolescence.· He had struggled with alcohol and drug abuse from early adolescence.· In conversation this appeared to be the pattern of most youngsters and presumably is coinciding with early adolescence.· There was another reason why in early adolescence this distortion was strongly reinforced.· When questioned directly about these findings, the patient admitted to the presence of visual abnormalities since early adolescence.· He was entering that awkward stage of early adolescence and had become a somewhat ungainly-looking boy.· From infancy through early adolescence, Semai children are largely unconstrained and free of external domination.
► late· I should know ... Friendships become easier for young women in later adolescence as they develop a clearer sense of self identity.· Any genuinely orthodox unionist would have been a member since late adolescence!· Some of the most vulnerable young people in care are those who are still away from home during their later adolescence.· In late adolescence and young adulthood, planning skills were in turn related to social functioning and parenting behaviour.· They progress much further than Gang into late adolescence, a period more amenable to bittersweet comedy.
VERB► reach· Once he reached adolescence, just couldn't control him.· Young girls, before they reach adolescence, have an instinctive grace in their movements.