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adolescent

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Word definitions for adolescent in dictionaries

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
1785, from Latin adolescentem (nominative adolescens ) "growing, near maturity, youthful," present participle of adolescere "grow up, come to maturity, ripen" (see adolescent (n.)).

Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. characteristic of, or relate to, or undergo adolescence; immature. n. A teenager; a juvenile after puberty.

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English Word definitions in Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES a teenage/adolescent boy ▪ A group of teenage boys stood talking in a group outside. EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES ▪ An estimated 62 million Americans smoke, including 4.1 million adolescents aged 12-17. ▪ John changed ...

The Collaborative International Dictionary Word definitions in The Collaborative International Dictionary
Adolescent \Ad`o*les"cent\, n. A youth. [1913 Webster] ||

Usage examples of adolescent.

In adolescence the feelings of the Child replay in greatly amplified form as the hormones turn on and as the adolescent turns away from his parents as the principal source of stroking to his own age group for stroking of a new kind.

This letter, however, gives the adolescent power over a proud and otherwise inaccessible adult woman, whom both he and his father are in love with.

Besides, if he ever deigned to give a thought to me, Versilov was most likely expecting a young boy just out of high school, still a mere adolescent, gaping at the world in wide-eyed wonderment.

So why did you have to humiliate yourself like that before an impudent upstart, a mere adolescent like me?

Oh, forgive me, for I see the pained expression on your face, so please forgive this over enthusiastic adolescent for his clumsy way of saying what he feels.

And let no one laugh at this poor adolescent who comes up with advice on matrimonial matters in which obviously he cannot be an expert.

Even if an adolescent just wants to talk with friends in chat rooms, newsgroups, or email encounters, he or she still has to WRITE.

What if, for personal reasons, an adolescent wants information about abortion or being gay?

Is there a downside to the adolescent encountering internet travelers from other lands?

As is true of all adolescent activities, they need at least SOME supervision to stay on track and avoid trouble.

There will be a part of the adolescent - maybe even a part that they try to hide - that will love this.

The goal is to avoid letting the adolescent isolate cyberspace from the rest of their life.

There are loopholes, and a technically sophisticated adolescent will be able to defeat them.

If an adolescent can apply compassion for others even in the anonymous world of cyberspace, they can apply it anywhere in life.

Even if an adolescent just wants to talk with friends in chat rooms, blogs, message boards, or email encounters, he or she still has to WRITE.