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adult

[uh-duhlt, ad-uhlt] / əˈdʌlt, ˈæd ʌlt /
ADJECTIVE
being mature, fully grown
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NOUN
a mature, fully grown person
Synonyms
STRONGEST
STRONG
grownup
WEAK
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Example Sentences

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He has made his daughters pledge their virginity and has monitored his son’s electronic devices to prevent him from accessing adult content.

From Salon

If Valieva could not be held fully responsible for the medication she took because she was a child, then she should not have been allowed to compete with adults, he argued.

From Los Angeles Times

In addition, many previous large reviews focused only on adults or included participants with other health conditions that could influence outcomes.

From Science Daily

To reach their conclusions, the researchers analyzed data from more than 76,000 Swedish adults enrolled in two major long term studies, the Swedish Mammography Cohort and the Cohort of Swedish Men.

From Science Daily

The study found that middle age and older adults at elevated risk for cardiometabolic disease benefited from extending their overnight fasting window by roughly two hours.

From Science Daily