puberty

Converse of object

• reach: Most have been promised to marriage by the time they reach puberty.
• hit: Which makes me wonder how funny anybody who hadn't hit puberty by 1985 can possibly find The Wedding Singer.
• enter: As he enters puberty, the line between his two selves - his Jekyll and Hyde - is blurred still further.
• approach: As Anne approached puberty with all its attendant problems things did not improve - indeed they became steadily worse.
• include: Epilepsy and its treatment can also affect female health in several ways including puberty, periods, fertility, contraception or pregnancy.
• start: For instance, starting puberty or producing more urine.

Preposition: at

age: Children with quite severe asthma tend to go into puberty at a later age.

Preposition: as

age: Hence, the argument that Muhammad needed to marry a young girl to establish puberty as the appropriate age for marriage completely fails.

Adjective modifier

• precocious: The initial diagnosis of precocious puberty hit us hard, feelings of guilt, " why did we not do anything earlier?
• delayed: With respect to the study on delayed puberty, members noted with interest the possibility that lead can affect hormonal systems.
• early: Early puberty - first calving at 2 years old.
• past: It's a miracle anyone survives past puberty, what with all these global crises.
• female: Researchers in the US found evidence to suggest that hormone disruptors are linked to the lower age of female puberty.
• normal: Normal puberty takes from 4 to 5 years in both sexes but it is an earlier event in girls than in boys.

Modifies a noun

• rite: Girls are confirmed at the time of their first menses, but there is no single puberty rite for boys.
• school: It is, of course, absurd that a girl should attend two puberty schools, if indeed they are puberty schools.
• ceremony: Although it appears to be dying out, the most notable life crisis ceremony is the girl's puberty ceremony.
• start: As puberty starts, a girl will start her periods and she can become pregnant.

Preposition: in

• girl: Among the most worrying observation is the early onset of puberty in girls, possibly linked to the high levels of phytoestrogen in soya.
• boy: Hormone levels increase at puberty in boys and girls.