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Definition of grown-up in English: grown-upadjective ˌɡrəʊnˈʌpˌɡroʊnˈəp 1Adult. Joe has two grown-up children Example sentencesExamples - He is still friends with his ex-wife and his two grown-up daughters.
- An egomaniacal celebrity author lives in Paris with his glamorous young second wife and his shy and unhappy grown-up daughter from his first marriage.
- The couple had been married for 40 years after meeting as teenagers and had two grown-up daughters and a grandson.
- Her grown-up son and teenage daughter are not willing to follow her into the job.
- His wife is a District Commissioner and his grown-up son and daughter also help out.
- The father of two grown-up daughters was driving to work at the Co-op Dairy in Norton, South Yorkshire, from his home in Birdwell, Barnsley, when he was attacked.
- I have a grown-up daughter from my first marriage.
- But, child artistes are hardly able to maintain the big deal arising during their childhood as the features of the cute darling changes over into that of the grown-up adult.
- They have a grown-up son and daughter (infrequently seen) and Dorothy works as a supply teacher.
- Between contracts he would return to Britain and relax with his wife and grown-up son and daughter at their home in Cornwall.
- She has three grown-up children, two daughters and a son, and a grandchild.
- And one day we might be in the privileged position of being friends with our beautiful grown-up daughters.
- I am married and have a grown-up daughter, also married, and I am a normal, respectable and self-respecting person.
- The couple, who have two other grown-up daughters, were determined to help find a cause for the mystery syndrome to prevent other families going through the same agony.
- Perhaps it's time we accepted that, yes, Australia may be young and free, but the country is definitely grown-up (although unsated in its taste for parties).
- Now Jane is a happy 47-year-old living in Swindon, enjoying family life with her son, who lives with her, and her grown-up daughter.
- Another elderly man held a photograph of his grown-up daughter.
- They are grown-up adults, they know what they are doing, and they have their own lifestyle.
- His character is a grown-up version of the guy who rang his agent every day in the first movie.
- All these hidden and repressed feelings resurface in times of depression, without the now - grown-up adult being able to understand where they come from.
Synonyms adult, mature, of age, having reached one's majority fully grown, full-grown, fully developed, fully fledged - 1.1 Suitable for or characteristic of an adult.
it was my first grown-up party Example sentencesExamples - This party seemed more tailored to a grown-up clique, so I did what all out-of-place people do, I ate all of their pumpkin pie and left early.
- If she has any sense, she should avail of her apparent estrangement from the party's kindergarten and reinvent herself as a grown-up politician.
- If the loch is a magnet for children, he says, it is also suitable for more grown-up pursuits, potentially appealing to those with an interest in conservation.
- And I thought it was going to be a very grown-up dinner party, so I didn't worry about going back to find my light.
- I had hoped for a more grown-up political debate from the governing party.
- In this film the characters are more grown-up and it's that bit scarier too.
- At grown-up dinner parties, my mother favoured crown of lamb, the cutlets primly decorated with little paper coronets.
- Some things that children would never think of however - like lighting - are indispensable factors at a grown-up party.
- My grown-up mind wishes my daughter's theory of world-changing worked.
- It's actually quite a nice, grown-up story that takes on some over-the-top characters and complicates them enough to make them seem like a family.
noun ˈɡrəʊnʌpˈɡroʊnəp (especially in children's use) an adult. I don't like it when grown-ups get all serious Example sentencesExamples - But grown-ups won't be the only people wearing these trendy items this spring.
- It's a sweet, almost anthropological, narrative documentary for grown-ups.
- It's a kind of ‘crossover’ drama aimed at both the teenage market and grown-ups.
- But it is getting harder for many grown-ups to stage a fireworks display on fireworks night, too.
- Viewed from a distance, it would be easy to imagine that these little girls, all sass and swagger, are grown-ups.
- When we were kids, adults always said that sex and sexuality was for grown-ups.
- A couple of friends help out, but will parents and other grown-ups find out?
- I thought there must have been some conspiracy by all the grown-ups of Britain to buy this record to brainwash their offspring.
- They are all grown-ups, with national security credentials and a history of knowing how the government works.
- In a festival where easy laughs are mostly the order of the day, this is a serious piece of work that separates the grown-ups from the kids.
- Because of this, grown-ups often find themselves getting a bigger kick out of children's theatre than work aimed at them.
- Was there just an unusually rich collection of films this year or has American cinema finally decided to make films for grown-ups?
- The convention was a great social weekend for grown-ups and children alike.
- Poverty harms women more than men, and affects children more than grown-ups.
- It's like being sent to bed while the grown-ups talk late into the night.
- Also, slightly disappointingly, it diminishes the role of the grown-ups.
- I acted in some plays before, playing grown-ups in Shakespeare and things like that.
- I assume that my readers are grown-ups who can make up their own minds.
- It was full of the kind of grown-ups I wanted to be when I grew up.
- Is it too much to ask that designers accept that, far from being baby dolls, most women are grown-ups, and should be dressed as such?
Synonyms adult, grown person, grown-up person, mature person woman, grown woman, mature woman, man, grown man, mature man, lady, gentleman
Rhymes cup, pup, scup, straight-up, stuck-up, summing-up, sup, totting-up, two-up, up, washing-up Definition of grown-up in US English: grown-upadjectiveˌɡroʊnˈəpˌɡrōnˈəp 1Adult. Joe is married with two grown-up daughters Example sentencesExamples - I am married and have a grown-up daughter, also married, and I am a normal, respectable and self-respecting person.
- And one day we might be in the privileged position of being friends with our beautiful grown-up daughters.
- The couple, who have two other grown-up daughters, were determined to help find a cause for the mystery syndrome to prevent other families going through the same agony.
- He is still friends with his ex-wife and his two grown-up daughters.
- An egomaniacal celebrity author lives in Paris with his glamorous young second wife and his shy and unhappy grown-up daughter from his first marriage.
- Now Jane is a happy 47-year-old living in Swindon, enjoying family life with her son, who lives with her, and her grown-up daughter.
- Her grown-up son and teenage daughter are not willing to follow her into the job.
- The couple had been married for 40 years after meeting as teenagers and had two grown-up daughters and a grandson.
- She has three grown-up children, two daughters and a son, and a grandchild.
- But, child artistes are hardly able to maintain the big deal arising during their childhood as the features of the cute darling changes over into that of the grown-up adult.
- Perhaps it's time we accepted that, yes, Australia may be young and free, but the country is definitely grown-up (although unsated in its taste for parties).
- The father of two grown-up daughters was driving to work at the Co-op Dairy in Norton, South Yorkshire, from his home in Birdwell, Barnsley, when he was attacked.
- They have a grown-up son and daughter (infrequently seen) and Dorothy works as a supply teacher.
- His wife is a District Commissioner and his grown-up son and daughter also help out.
- Another elderly man held a photograph of his grown-up daughter.
- Between contracts he would return to Britain and relax with his wife and grown-up son and daughter at their home in Cornwall.
- They are grown-up adults, they know what they are doing, and they have their own lifestyle.
- His character is a grown-up version of the guy who rang his agent every day in the first movie.
- All these hidden and repressed feelings resurface in times of depression, without the now - grown-up adult being able to understand where they come from.
- I have a grown-up daughter from my first marriage.
Synonyms adult, mature, of age, having reached one's majority - 1.1 Suitable for or characteristic of an adult.
it seems a grown-up thing to do Example sentencesExamples - It's actually quite a nice, grown-up story that takes on some over-the-top characters and complicates them enough to make them seem like a family.
- Some things that children would never think of however - like lighting - are indispensable factors at a grown-up party.
- If the loch is a magnet for children, he says, it is also suitable for more grown-up pursuits, potentially appealing to those with an interest in conservation.
- And I thought it was going to be a very grown-up dinner party, so I didn't worry about going back to find my light.
- This party seemed more tailored to a grown-up clique, so I did what all out-of-place people do, I ate all of their pumpkin pie and left early.
- I had hoped for a more grown-up political debate from the governing party.
- At grown-up dinner parties, my mother favoured crown of lamb, the cutlets primly decorated with little paper coronets.
- If she has any sense, she should avail of her apparent estrangement from the party's kindergarten and reinvent herself as a grown-up politician.
- In this film the characters are more grown-up and it's that bit scarier too.
- My grown-up mind wishes my daughter's theory of world-changing worked.
nounˈɡrōnəpˈɡroʊnəp An adult (especially a child's word) I don't like it when grown-ups get all serious Example sentencesExamples - When we were kids, adults always said that sex and sexuality was for grown-ups.
- I thought there must have been some conspiracy by all the grown-ups of Britain to buy this record to brainwash their offspring.
- Because of this, grown-ups often find themselves getting a bigger kick out of children's theatre than work aimed at them.
- A couple of friends help out, but will parents and other grown-ups find out?
- It's a sweet, almost anthropological, narrative documentary for grown-ups.
- It's like being sent to bed while the grown-ups talk late into the night.
- The convention was a great social weekend for grown-ups and children alike.
- But grown-ups won't be the only people wearing these trendy items this spring.
- It's a kind of ‘crossover’ drama aimed at both the teenage market and grown-ups.
- Is it too much to ask that designers accept that, far from being baby dolls, most women are grown-ups, and should be dressed as such?
- Was there just an unusually rich collection of films this year or has American cinema finally decided to make films for grown-ups?
- It was full of the kind of grown-ups I wanted to be when I grew up.
- Also, slightly disappointingly, it diminishes the role of the grown-ups.
- Viewed from a distance, it would be easy to imagine that these little girls, all sass and swagger, are grown-ups.
- Poverty harms women more than men, and affects children more than grown-ups.
- I acted in some plays before, playing grown-ups in Shakespeare and things like that.
- But it is getting harder for many grown-ups to stage a fireworks display on fireworks night, too.
- They are all grown-ups, with national security credentials and a history of knowing how the government works.
- I assume that my readers are grown-ups who can make up their own minds.
- In a festival where easy laughs are mostly the order of the day, this is a serious piece of work that separates the grown-ups from the kids.
Synonyms adult, grown person, grown-up person, mature person
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