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adult

Noun CEFR B1 Frequent
ˈæd.ʌlt

Definitions

  1. An animal that is full-grown.
  2. An animal or a plant that is fully grown and developed.
  3. A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
  4. Having reached full growth and development:big, developed, full-blown, full-fledged, full-grown, grown, grown-up, mature, ripe.
  5. a fully grown human being. That film is suitable only for adults. volwassene إنْسَان بَالِغ، رَاشِد възрастен adulto dospělý člověk der/die Erwachsene(r) voksen ενήλικαςadulto täiskasvanu بزرگسال täysi-ikäinen adulteבוגר बालिग odrasla osoba felnőtt orang dewasa fullorðinn adulto 大人 성인 suaugęs žmogus pieaugušais; pieaudzis cilvēks dewasa volwassenevoksendorosły مشرد عمر له نګاه څخه adulto adult взрослый dospelý odrasla oseba odrasla osoba vuxen människa ผู้ใหญ่ büyük, ergin kimse 成年人 повнолітн...
  6. , a. adulto-a.
  7. One who has attained maturity or legal age.
  8. Biology A fully grown, mature organism.
  9. Fully developed and mature.
  10. Relating to, intended for, or befitting adults: adult education.
  11. Containing or dealing in explicitly sexual material; pornographic: adult movies.
  12. having reached maturity; fully developed

Equivalents

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Cymraegoedolyn
Danskvoksen
Gàidhliginbheach
עבריתבגיר
Magyarfelnőtt
Bahasa Indonesiadewasaorang besar
Íslenskafullorðinn
ქართულიზრდასრული
ភាសាខ្មែរមនុស្សពេញវ័យ
Lietuviųsuaugęs
Te Reo Māoripaheke
Македонскивозрасен
မြန်မာလူကြီး
Portuguêsadultaadulto
Românăadultă
Slovenčinadospelý
Svenskavuxen
Kiswahilimtu mzima
Українськадоросладорослий
اردوبالغ
Yorùbáagbalagba

Examples

The young not only differs from the adult by the presence of its gills, but its feet are only developed by degrees, and in several genera there are also a deciduous beak and tail, and intestines of a different form

CEFR level

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This word is part of the CEFR B1 vocabulary — intermediate level.
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