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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•o•les•cent /ˌædəlˈɛsənt/USA pronunciation adj. - relating to or being in adolescence:an adolescent child.
- immature;
juvenile:Adolescent behavior is not acceptable in an adult.
n. [countable] - Developmental Biologya person in the period of adolescence;
teenager.
See -alesc-. WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024ad•o•les•cent (ad′l es′ənt),USA pronunciation adj. - Developmental Biologygrowing to manhood or womanhood;
youthful. - Developmental Biologyhaving the characteristics of adolescence or of an adolescent.
n. - Developmental Biologyan adolescent person.
- Latin adolēscent- (stem of adolēscēns growing up, present participle of adolēscere), equivalent. to adol(ē)- (see adult) + -ēsc- -esce + -ent- -ent
- 1475–85
- 1.See corresponding entry in Unabridged immature, young.
- 3.See corresponding entry in Unabridged youth, teenager, minor.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: adolescent /ˌædəˈlɛsənt/ adj - of or relating to adolescence
- informal behaving in an immature way; puerile
n - an adolescent person
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