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coming-of-age

coming-of-age adjective: of or pertaining to a person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.

Adjective

coming-of-age (not comparable)

  1. Of or pertaining to a person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
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      While Collins does include a love triangle, a coming-of-age story, and other YA-friendly elements in the mix, they serve as a Trojan horse to smuggle readers into a hopeless world where love...

Questions about coming-of-age

What does coming-of-age mean?
Coming-of-age means of or pertaining to a person's journey from childhood or adolescence to adulthood.
What part of speech is coming-of-age?
Coming-of-age is an adjective.

Words near coming-of-age in the dictionary

  1. coming with
  2. coming with it
  3. coming with the territory
  4. coming with the turf
  5. coming Yorkshire over
  6. coming-of-age
  7. coming-out
  8. coming-out parties
  9. coming-out party
  10. coming-outs
  11. comingle

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