adolescence
/ˌædəˈlɛsəns/
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Australia/ˌædəˈlesəns/
adolescence noun: the transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
Noun
adolescence (countable and uncountable, plural adolescences)
- The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
- Near-synonyms: teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom
- During adolescence, the body and mind go through many complex changes, some of which are difficult to deal with.
- Synonyms:
- hog age, teenagehood, teenhood, teenagerhood, teenagedom, teenagerdom, teendom
adolescence meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
adolescence in Hindi
- adolescence
- जोबन joban
adolescence in Tamil
- குமரப் பருவம், புது மலர்ச்சிப் பருவம், புதுமலர்ச்சிப் பருவம், வளரிளமை, குமரப்பருவம், இளமை பருவம்
adolescence in Urdu
- adolescence
- جوانی javānī
adolescence in Bengali
- বয়ঃসন্ধিকাল, কৈশোর
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- adolescence in Telugu
- కౌమారము kaumāramu
- adolescence in Malayalam
- കൗമാരം, യൗവനം, താരുണ്യം, യൗവനപ്രായം
- adolescence in Kannada
- ಯೌವನ yauvana
- adolescence in Punjabi
- ਅਲ੍ਹੜਪੁਣਾ alhaṛpuṇā
- adolescence in Odia
- କିଶୋରାଵସ୍ଥା, କିଶୋରାବସ୍ଥା
- adolescence in Sanskrit
- यौवन yauvaná
- adolescence in Arabic
- مُرَاهَقَة murāhaqa
- adolescence in Indonesian
- adolesens
- adolescence in Vietnamese
- thanh thiếu niên, tuổi thần tiên, tuổi ô mai, tuổi teen
Examples of adolescence in a sentence
- As I grew throughout adolescence, I came to appreciate many things about human nature.
- Similarly discredited is the 'edumyth' that the brain's structure is defined by infancy or by adolescence.
- For example, I once had a client who overcame an eating-disorder early in her adolescence.
Synonyms of adolescence
Forms of adolescence
| plural | adolescences |
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Origin of adolescence
From Middle English adolescence, from Old French adolescence, from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscēns (“young”); see adolescent.
Words formed from adolescence
Questions about adolescence
- What does adolescence mean?
- Adolescence means the transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity, beginning at the onset of puberty and with an endpoint defined either legally (at the age of majority, such as 18 in many jurisdictions) or psychocognitively (at various ages, depending on individual experience).
- What is adolescence in Hindi?
- Adolescence in Hindi is जोबन (joban). See Adolescence meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is adolescence?
- Adolescence is a noun.
- How do you pronounce adolescence?
- Adolescence is pronounced /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/ (UK).
- What is the plural of adolescence?
- The plural of adolescence is adolescences.
Words near adolescence in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: adolescence (page history and authors); जोबन (Hindi) (page history and authors); adolescence (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); جوانی (Urdu) (page history and authors); adolescence (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); adolescence (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ಯೌವನ (Kannada) (page history and authors); ਅਲ੍ਹੜਪੁਣਾ (Punjabi) (page history and authors); adolescence (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); यौवन (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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