adolescence
adolescence
Definition
ado·les·cence (ad′ə les′əns)
noun
- the state or quality of being adolescent
- the time of life between puberty and maturity; youth
Etymology: ME & OFr < L adolescentia < adolescens: see adolescent
adolescence
Synonyms
adolescence
Usage Examples
Converse of object
- reach: In rural areas of Lesotho the chances of a child with Down's Syndrome reaching late adolescence are slight.
- enter: However, the clouds gathered quickly as Mary entered adolescence.
- approach: An ideal book for older Primary Children who are rapidly becoming more self-conscious and subject to moods as they approach adolescence.
- hit: They got a lot worse when I hit adolescence.
- survive: Having survived a very troubled adolescence she had made a successful start on a service career and hoped to achieve officer status.
- include: Her areas of research interest include adolescence, physical disability, psychotherapy, and identity development, particularly using qualitative approaches.
Preposition: as
- stays: Shorter hospitalization at diagnosis is at least as effective in achieving control and avoiding complications in adolescence as longer stays.
Preposition: into
- adulthood: Through our adolescence into adulthood, our learning proceeded often with great sophistication.
Adjective modifier
- late: OCD usually starts in late adolescence or the early adult years.
- early: In early adolescence she found herself drawn to be in a mediator role in the midst of family tensions.
- own: For Stubbs, brought up in the English town of Bedford, the overriding passion of his own adolescence was cars.
- modern: UNLUCKY FOR SOME THIRTEEN ( USA ) Thirteen is the latest film rendering of the dark side of modern adolescence in America.
- turbulent: Wah Wah An assured directorial debut, revisiting Richard E. Grant's turbulent adolescence in late 60's Swaziland.
- young: Health promotion in childhood and young adolescence for the prevention of unintentional injuries.
Noun used with modifier
- surviving: Also downloadable leaflet for young people and parents Surviving Adolescence.
- parent: Also downloadable leaflet for young people and parents Surviving Adolescence.
Possessives
- child: Starting early is the best way for parents to prepare for their child's adolescence.
Preposition: for
- prevention: Health promotion in childhood and young adolescence for the prevention of unintentional injuries.
Preposition: by
- thought: A fun-loving and gregarious man, he was nevertheless troubled in his adolescence by thoughts of suicide.
adolescence Quotes
L'adolescence est le seul temps o u' l'on ait appris quelque chose. Adolescence is the only time when we can learn something.
A man suffering from petrified adolescence.
Were Ito deduceanysystem frommy feelings on leaving Eton, it might be called TheTheory of Permanent Adolescence.
You don't have to suffer to be a poet. Adolescence is enough.
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