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Syllabification: (a·dult)

Definition of adult

a person who is fully grown or developed:children should be accompanied by an adult
a fully developed animal.
Law a person who has reached the age of majority. See majority (sense 2).

(of a person or animal) fully grown or developed:the adult inhabitants of the U.S.
of or for adult people:adult education the responsibilities of adult life
emotionally and mentally mature:an effort to be adult and civilized
sexually explicit or pornographic (used euphemistically to refer to a movie, book, or magazine).

Derivatives

mid 16th century: from Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere 'grow to maturity' (see adolescent)

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