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come of age

come of age verb: to reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.

Verb

come of age (third-person singular simple present comes of age, present participle coming of age, simple past came of age, past participle come of age)

  1. (idiomatic) To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.
    • I should like to know whether anyone belonging to the houses that bound the line there came of age or got married on the twenty-sixth of November.1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados
  2. (broadly, idiomatic) To mature, or become fully developed.
    • Eager to find a better life, you joined the Alliance military when you came of age. You volunteered for an expedition to Akuze: a lush world on the outskirts of Alliance space that had suddenly dropped out of contact.2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Profile Codex entry

come of age meaning in Kannada, Arabic and Indonesian

come of age in Kannada

ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತ ವಯಸ್ಕನಾಗು, ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತವಯಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಬರು

come of age in Arabic

reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ balaḡa rušdahu

come of age in Indonesian

reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Forms of come of age

third-person singular presentcomes of age
present participlecoming of age
pastcame of age
past participlecome of age

Questions about come of age

What does come of age mean?
Come of age means to reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.
What is come of age in Kannada?
Come of age in Kannada is ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತ ವಯಸ್ಕನಾಗು, ಪ್ರಾಪ್ತವಯಸ್ಸಿಗೆ ಬರು. See Come of age meaning in Kannada.
What part of speech is come of age?
Come of age is a verb.
What is the past tense of come of age?
The past tense of come of age is came of age.

Words near come of age in the dictionary

  1. come it strong
  2. come knocking
  3. come low
  4. come naturally
  5. come of
  6. come of age
  7. come off
  8. come off it
  9. come off second best
  10. come on
  11. come on down

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