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adult
  1. 1 adult, grown-up
  2. 2 becoming an adult, coming of age, growing up (to be a man, woman)
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· examples

  • Sandra has grown up to be a beautiful woman.

    sense 2 · becoming an adult

  • My grown-up son is studying abroad now.

    sense 1 · adult

  • Henry will come of age this March.

    sense 2 · becoming an adult

  • The movie is X-rated.

    sense 1 · adult

  • In Japan people come of age when they are 20 years old.

    sense 1 · adult

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