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Meaning of adolescent | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˌædəˈlɛsənt

Definitions

  1. Of, relating to, or at the age of adolescence; at the stage between being a child and an adult
  2. A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult.
  3. A person who is in adolescence; someone who has reached puberty but is not yet an adult

Equivalents

العربية المراهق شاب فتاة فتى مراهق
Azərbaycanca yeniyetmə
Беларуская падлетак
Català adolescent
Ελληνικά έφηβος
Eesti Noor
فارسی برنا
Gàidhlig òganach òigear
עברית נער
Magyar kamasz
Հայերեն պատանի
Bahasa Indonesia adolesen anak baru gede remaja
Italiano adolescente
日本語 少女 少年 思春期の 青春
한국어 10대 청소년
Latina adulēscēns
Português adolescente moca mocó rapariga rapaz
Svenska tonåring
Türkçe Ergen ergen
Українська підліток

Examples

“Besides, there are a great many of these accusers, and they have been accusing me now for a great many years; and what is more, they approached you at the most impressionable age, when some of you were children or adolescents; and they literally won their case by default, because there was no one to defend me.”
“‘A healthy adolescent might be expected to produce five hundred billion blood cells a day.’”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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