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Definition of Adult
Adult

Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult ape; an adult age.

A person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity.

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Adult Quotations

What a distressing contrast there is between the radiant intelligence of the child and the feeble mentality of the average adult.
Sigmund Freud

I think I am an adult.
Jacqueline Bisset

The fact that the adult American Negro female emerges a formidable character is often met with amazement, distaste and even belligerance. It is seldom accepted as an inevitable outcome of the struggle won by survivors, and deserves respect if not enthusiastic acceptance.
Maya Angelou

No one, however powerful and successful, can function as an adult if his parents are not satisfied with him.
Frank Pittman

A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong.
Thomas Szasz

Adult Translations

adult in Afrikaans is volwasse
adult in Dutch is volwassene, adult
adult in French is adulte
adult in German is erwachsen, Erwachsener, erwachsen
adult in Italian is adulto
adult in Latin is adultus (adj.)
adult in Norwegian is voksen
adult in Portuguese is adulto
adult in Spanish is adulto
adult in Swedish is vuxen, fullvuxen


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