Young-adult meaning

As a young adult you start voting, go to college or begin working at a more professional job, and build your own household.

Making the transition from a teen under your parents' roof to a young adult living on your own or in a college dorm can be very exciting and scary.

For example, Charlotte opens a trendy boutique selling clothes aimed at the young adult.

The pelvis and hind-limbs much resemble those of a running bird, such as those of an emu or the extinct moa; but the basal bones (metatarsals) of the three-toed foot remain separate throughout life, thus differing from those of the running birds, which are firmly fused together even in the young adult.

Wherever possible continence training and promotion should be undertaken to allow the child or young adult to achieve continence and independence.