Meaning of adolescence | Babel Free

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1. 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).
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2. 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)
3. The time of life between childhood and maturity:greenness, juvenescence, juvenility, puberty, salad days, spring, youth, youthfulness.
4. in the stage between childhood and adulthood. adolessentig مُرَاهِق юношески adolescente mladistvý jugendlich halvvoksen; ung; teenage-; pubertets- εφηβικόςadolescente noorukieas, teismeeas بالغ nuori adolescent מִתְבָּגֵר किशोर adolescentan serdülő remaja tánings-, unglings- adolescente 青年期の 청춘의, 젊은 paaugliškas, paaugęs pusaudžu-; pusaugu- remaja in de puberteit tenårings-, ungdoms-młodociany ځوان adolescente adoles­cent подростковый mladistvý mladosten, mladostniški pubertetski ung, tonårs-...
5. a person at this stage of life. Adolescents often quarrel with their parents. adolessent المُرَاهِق юноша adolescente adolescent, dospívající člověk der/die Jugendliche(r) teenager; ungt menneske; halvvoksen έφηβοςadolescente nooruk, teismeline نوجوان nuori adolescent/-ente מִתְבָּגֵר किशोर adolescent serdülő anak remaja táningur adolescente 青年期の人 청년 paauglys pusaudzis anak remaja pubertenåring, ungdommłodociany, osobnik w wieku dojrzewania تنکی ځوان adolescente ado­lescent подросток dospieva...
6. adolessensie مُرَاهَقَه، سِنّ المُرَاهَقَه юношество adolescência dospívání die Jugend; die Pubertät ungdom; pubertet; teenageår εφηβείαadolescencia noorukiiga, teismeiga, puberteet نوجوانی nuoruus adolescence גִיל הַהִתְבַּגְרוּת किशोरावस्था adolescencija serdülőkor masa remaja gelgjuskeið adolescenza 青年期 청년기 paauglystė pusaudža gadi keremajaan puberteitungdom, oppvekstwiek dojrzewania نوی ځوانی adolescência adolescenţă отрочество dospievanie adolescenca pubertet ungdomstid, adolescens ช่วงว...
7. adolescencia, pubertad.
8. The period of physical and psychological development from the onset of puberty to adulthood.
9. A similar period in nonhuman animals, ending at sexual maturity.
10. A transitional period of development between an initial or early phase and an established or mature phase: the adolescence of a nation.
11. the period in human development that occurs between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
12. the transitional period between puberty and adulthood in human development, terminating legally when the age of majority is reached; youth.

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“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.”

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