adulthoodnoun [ U ]
uk/ˈæd.ʌlt.hʊd//əˈdʌlt.hʊd/us/ˈæd.ʌlt.hʊd//əˈdʌlt.hʊd/the part of someone's life when they are an adult:
People in England legally reach adulthood at 18.
Responsibility, I suppose, is what defines adulthood.
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Stages of life
- adolescence
- arrive
- autumn
- autumn years idiom
- babyhood
- boyhood
- decline
- girlhood
- glory days
- golden age
- heyday
- in my day idiom
- middlescence
- midlife
- midlife crisis
- old age
- prime
- twilight
- twilight years idiom
- youth
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