Pronunciation
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- (countable) An adolescent is a person or animal that is older than a child but younger than an adult.
- The teacher worked mostly with adolescents.
- (countable) An adolescent is a person going through sexual maturation.
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- If something is adolescent it is typical of adolescents.
- The woman still had an adolescent appearance.