adulthood
pronunciation
How to pronounce adulthood in British English:
UK [ˈædʌlthʊd]
How to pronounce adulthood in American English:
US [əˈdʌlthʊd]
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- Noun:
- the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed
- the state (and responsibilities) of a person who has attained maturity
Word Origin
- adulthood (n.)
- 1850, from adult + -hood.
Example
- 1. And the difference in iq was preserved into adulthood .
- 2. Many psychiatric disorders begin well before adulthood .
- 3. The state oversees their training into adulthood .
- 4. That lack of schedule persisted into adulthood .
- 5. Early in his adulthood , freud studied medicine .