Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
Some people become very self-conscious in adolescence.
Synonyms: teens, youth, minority, boyhood More Synonyms of adolescence
More Synonyms of adolescence
adolescence in British English
(ˌædəˈlɛsəns)
noun
the period in human development that occurs between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
Word origin
C15: via Old French from Latin adolēscentia, from adolēscere to grow up, from alēscere to grow, from alēre to feed, nourish
adolescence in American English
(ˌædəˈlɛsəns)
noun
1.
the state or quality of being adolescent
2.
the time of life between puberty and maturity; youth
Word origin
ME & OFr < L adolescentia < adolescens: see adolescent
Examples of 'adolescence' in a sentence
adolescence
Will it carry on into his adolescence or adulthood?
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That whole period of adolescence was awful.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Some players miss out on adolescence and become emotionally stunted.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
Twenty20 will move from adolescence to adulthood when it realises that the cricket can speak for itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2009)
During childhood and adolescence there is an increased need for many of the trace elements because they are essential for growth.
Stanway, Dr Andrew Miracle Micronutrients (1987)
To be optimistic you may find that literature has an increasing appeal as she enters adolescence and becomes more interested in relationships.
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With entry into adolescence, young people 's enjoyment of their time with their father declines.
Larson, Reed & Richards, Maryse H. Divergent Realities: the Emotional Lives of Mothers, Fathers, and Adolescents (1994)
For a decade, through adolescence and into early adulthood, we were rivals.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
We were both carrying baggage, not from previous relationships but from childhood and adolescence, which meant that we were both still working on our identities.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Throughout their childhood, adolescence and early adulthood they were given a seriesof tests to measure their academic progress and intelligence, and were also scored for appearance.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
In other languages
adolescence
British English: adolescence /ˌædəˈlɛsəns/ NOUN
Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
...children who have reached adolescence.
American English: adolescence
Arabic: سِنُّ الـمُراهَقَة
Brazilian Portuguese: adolescência
Chinese: 青春期
Croatian: adolescencija
Czech: dospívání
Danish: pubertet
Dutch: puberteit
European Spanish: adolescencia fase
Finnish: murrosikä
French: adolescence
German: Jugendalter
Greek: εφηβεία
Italian: adolescenza
Japanese: 思春期
Korean: 사춘기
Norwegian: pubertet
Polish: wiek dojrzewania
European Portuguese: adolescência
Romanian: adolescență
Russian: юность
Latin American Spanish: adolescencia
Swedish: ungdom
Thai: ช่วงวัยรุ่น
Turkish: ergenlik
Ukrainian: підлітковий вік
Vietnamese: tuổi thiếu niên
Chinese translation of 'adolescence'
adolescence
(ædəuˈlɛsns)
n(u)
青春期 (qīngchūnqī)
1 (noun)
Definition
the period between puberty and adulthood
Some young people suddenly become tongue-tied in early adolescence.
Synonyms
teens
youth
the comic books of my youth
minority
boyhood
girlhood
juvenescence
2 (noun)
Synonyms
youthfulness
immaturity
his immaturity and lack of social skills
childishness
boyishness
puerility
girlishness
juvenility
Additional synonyms
in the sense of immaturity
his immaturity and lack of social skills
Synonyms
childishness,
puerility,
callowness,
juvenility,
babyishness
in the sense of youth
Definition
Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.