young adulthood
young adulthood noun: the state or period of being a young adult.
Noun
young adulthood (countable and uncountable, plural young adulthoods)
- The state or period of being a young adult.
- Making the transition from adolescence into young adulthood can be challenging, and it could also come with some health risks.2011 December 16, Jeannine Stein, “Exercise drops off when teens transition to college, study finds”, in Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles, Calif.: Los Angeles Times Communications, →ISSN, →OCLC...
- These kids had their entire young adulthoods to perfect the sport.2017 April 7, Courtney Maum, “A Woman With a Mallet, Mounted on a Horse”, in The New York Times, New York, N.Y.: The New York Times Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 08 Apr 2017
Forms of young adulthood
| plural | young adulthoods |
|---|---|
| alternative form | young-adulthood |
Origin of young adulthood
From young adult + -hood, after adulthood.
Questions about young adulthood
- What does young adulthood mean?
- Young adulthood means the state or period of being a young adult.
- What part of speech is young adulthood?
- Young adulthood is a noun.
- What is the plural of young adulthood?
- The plural of young adulthood is young adulthoods.
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