Meaning of grown-up | Babel Free
Equivalents
Examples
“They stayed together during three dances, went out on to the terrace, explored wherever they were permitted to explore⟳, paid two visits to the buffet, and enjoyed themselves much in the same way as if they had been school-children surreptitiously breaking loose from an assembly of grown-ups.”
“Do you think⟳ the grown-ups will have⟳ the world fixed up by the time they hand it over to us?”
“Because we're grown-ups now, and it's our turn⟳ to decide⟳ what that means.”
CEFR level
C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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