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[Adjective] | "adult" | \ ə-ˈdəlt \
1: fully developed and mature : grown-up
2: of, relating to, intended for, or befitting adults
3: dealing in or with explicitly sexual material
Origin: 1531 ;
Borrowed from French & Latin; French adulte, going back to Middle French, borrowed from Latin adultus, from past participle of adolēscere, adulēscere "to become mature, grow up," from ad- {see: |ad-|ad-} + alēscere "to be nourished, grow up," probably inchoative derivative of *alēre "to grow," stative derivative of alere "to nurse, feed, nourish" {mat|old:1|old:1};
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[Adjective] | "young adult"
1: of, relating to, or being a category of fiction that is primarily intended for adolescent readers —abbreviation YA
Origin: 1942 ;
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[Noun] | "adult"
1: one that is adult; especially : a human being after an age (such as 21) specified by law
Origin: 1655 ;
Derivative of {see: |adult:1|adult:1};
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[Noun] | "adult alternative"
1: a radio programming format targeted toward adults and providing usually softer or more up-tempo music from a variety of popular genres —often used before another noun
Origin: 1965 ;
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[Noun] | "adult education"
1: continuing education
Origin: 1814 ;
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[Noun] | "adult-on*set diabetes" | \ ə-ˈdəlt-ˈän-ˌset- \
1: type 2 diabetes
Origin: 1975 ;
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[Noun] | "adult respiratory distress syndrome"
1: acute respiratory distress syndrome
Origin: 1972 ;
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[Noun] | "adult life"
1: the period from the time one became an adult
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[Noun] | "consenting adult"
1: a person who is legally considered old enough to decide to have sex : an adult who has consented to have sex
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[Verb] | "adult" | \ ə-ˈdəlt \
1: to behave like an adult : to attend to the ordinary tasks required of a responsible adult
2: to become an adult
Origin: 1909 ;
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[Noun] | "adult"
1: a fully grown person;
* e.g., " ... at the beach, the adults sat under broad umbrellas while the children splashed in the water "
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[Adjective] | "adult"
1: relating to or typical of adults; displaying proper maturity;
* e.g., " ... an adult reaction to the issue "
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2: dealing in or with explicitly sexual material;
* e.g., " ... an adult magazine "
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3: fully grown or developed;
* e.g., " ... insects that are butterflies in their adult stage "
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(10) - Urban Dictionary
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# 1 - { adult:308801 }
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[ "adult" ]
1: A person who has stopped growing at both ends and is now growing in the
[ "adult" ]
2: middle.
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[ "adult" ]
1: A soul broken by society; someone who has lost faith in people.
* e.g., ... Little Timmy: I can't wait to grow up!
Adult Timmy: Why didn't I appreciate my childhood more!
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[ "adult" ]
1: A person who thinks that they are always right and you are always wrong because they are 18 years out of their mother's buttocks and you are not.
* e.g., ... Adult: It doesn't matter if we cheat, steal, lie, kill other people, abuse drugs or start illegal wars for profit or how many times we were wrong beforehand, you must always obey us without question.
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[ "adult" ]
1: the reason for so much evil and stupidity on this earth. everything that is wrong on earth is caused by adults and still children gotta respect them.
* e.g., ... rick-i have become an adult now
jack-oh welcome to moronhood
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[ "adult" ]
1: The period of your life before death, and after the time when you realize that it is, in fact, NOT cool to paste cut-outs from 'Teen People' onto your binder.
* e.g., ... When Jenny realized that she had become an adult, a part of her died.
[ "adult" ]
2: The label you give to movies that have copious amounts of the letter 'X' on them.
* e.g., ... When Tom went behind the beaded curtain in his local video store marked 'Adult', and looked at all the pornomagraphic materials, a part of him grew.
# 6 - { adult:1917592 }
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[ "adult" ]
1: One old enough to be cruel to, rationalizing that such a person is mature enough to handle whatever you dish out.
* e.g., ... Manipulating a child is a sin, but manipulating an adult is good business.
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[ "adult" ]
1: a middle aged grown up whos only purpose in life is to annoy and bitch to kids and teenagers. they hate pretty much everything and everyone, mostly their kids because they didnt have a good childhood and are now bitching and complaining about it to every other person 20 years younger than him or her, what a douchebag
* e.g., ... at the age of 35, adults become uncool and zombielike, whos only purpose is to destroy the youth
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[ "adult" ]
1: A ridiculous person who thinks that everyone who uses myspace will get raped eventually, it's bad for kids to have things easy, and anything with a screen is a portal into hell. basically, shortsighted bastards who exist to annoy rational people.
* e.g., ... Adult: what are you doing?
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[ "adult" ]
1: (noun)
* e.g., ... fkin parents.... they grounded me from playing games for 2 weeks just for missing a few points at school. Adults suck.
[ "adult" ]
2: One who thinks they deserve the right to control EVERYTHING there is to control, and usually, in fact most always, results in severe hate by many teenagers everywhere. Mostly practices this believed right on his/her offspring. Does not deserve friends, or a social life.
[ "adult" ]
3: This definition specifically applies to those who would read it and say to themselves the following thought: "god damn teenagers complain about way too fucking much".
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[ "adult" ]
1: noun:1)An individual who is old enough to take complete responsibility for all of his/her actions. Often described by the goverment as a person who has reached a certain age (e.g. a person 18 years old or more). Adjective: 2)Pertaining to adults. 3)Describing sexually suggestive material.
* e.g., ... 1) Only adults are allowed to buy tobacco here.
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