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18+

18+ adjective: suitable only for adults (e.g. adult content or mature audience content); mature, age of majority.

Adjective

18+ (comparative more 18+, superlative most 18+)

  1. Suitable only for adults (e.g. adult content or mature audience content); mature, age of majority.
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Synonyms of 18+

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Forms of 18+

comparativemore 18+
superlativemost 18+

Origin of 18+

From 18 being the age of majority in many countries.

Questions about 18+

What does 18+ mean?
18+ means suitable only for adults (e.g. adult content or mature audience content); mature, age of majority.
What part of speech is 18+?
18+ is an adjective.

Words near 18+ in the dictionary

  1. 17q21.31 microdeletion syndrome
  2. 17th
  3. 17áµ—Ê°
  4. 18
  5. 18 holes
  6. 18+
  7. 18-crown-6
  8. 18-gon
  9. 18-gons
  10. 18-wheeler
  11. 18-wheelers

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