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| Date: | 1400-1500 |
| Language: | French |
| Origin: | Latin, present participle of adolescere; ADULT2 |
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ad‧o‧les‧cent
[countable]
[countable] —adolescent adjective: 
adolescent girls
➔ childWORD FOCUS: young adolescent girls
WORD FOCUS: young 
other words meaning young: little/small used to describe young children, especially below the age of 6
teenage used to describe someone who is between 13 and 19
adolescent used to describe someone who is developing into an adult
youthful looking young
a young person: kid informal a young person
teenager someone who is between 13 and 19
youth a man or boy between 15 and 25, especially one who is involved in fighting or crime
adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult
minor a young person who is not yet legally an adult
the time when someone is young: childhood the time when you are a child
youth the time when you are no longer a child but you are still young
adolescence the time when you develop into an adult
➔ See also young
