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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

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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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