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adolescent

/ˌædəˈlɛsənt/

An illustration for adolescent

noun

Teenager developing into an adult

  • “Education about birth control might help cut down on adolescent pregnancies.”Tatoeba
  • “The majority of adolescent drug users are bored.”Tatoeba

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Source: New Academic Word List (Browne, Culligan & Phillips) (CC BY-SA 4.0); Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 3.0); Tatoeba (CC BY 2.0 FR)

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