Adolescence - definition, pronunciation, transcription

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Amer.  |ˌædəˈlesns|  American pronunciation of the word adolescence
Brit.  |ædəˈles(ə)ns|  British pronunciation of the word adolescence

noun

- the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
- in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood

Extra examples

Their children are on the verge of adolescence.

He struggled through his adolescence.

Children go through many changes during the period of adolescence.

He describes adolescence as the tumultuous borderlands between childhood and adulthood.

...a medical study that followed juveniles through adolescence and into adulthood...

There is often a period of sexual experimentation during adolescence.

There is a crisis of identity in adolescence.

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