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Adult
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(adults) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An adult is a mature, fully developed person. An adult has reached the age when they are legally responsible for their actions. Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult... Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult. ? minor N-COUNT 2. An adult is a fully developed animal. ...a pair of adult birds. ? juvenile N-COUNT: oft N n 3. Adult means relating to the time when you are an adult, or typical of adult people. I’ve lived most of my adult life in London. ADJ: ADJ n 4. If you say that someone is adult about something, you think that they act in a mature, intelligent way, especially when faced with a difficult situation. We were very adult about it. We discussed it rationally over a drink. = mature ADJ: v-link ADJ c darkgreen]approval 5. You can describe things such as films or books as adult when they deal with sex in a very clear and open way. ...an adult movie. ADJ
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I. adjective Etymology: Latin ~us, past participle of adolescere to grow up, from ad- + -olescere (from alescere to grow) — more at old Date: 1531 1. fully developed and mature ; grown-up 2. of, relating to, intended for, or befitting ~s an ~ approach to a problem 3. dealing in or with explicitly sexual material ~ bookstores ~ movies • ~hood noun • ~ly adverb • ~ness noun II. noun Date: 1658 one that is ~; especially a human being after an age (as 21) specified by law • ~like adjective ...Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary
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adj. & n. --adj. 1 mature, grown-up. 2 a of or for adults (adult education). b euphem. sexually explicit; indecent (adult films). --n. 1 an adult person. 2 Law a person who has reached the age of majority. Derivatives adulthood n. adultly adv. Etymology: L adultus past part. of adolescere grow up: cf. ADOLESCENT ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. взрослый; совершеннолетний; зрелый человек courses for adults —- школа для взрослых for adults only —- детям до 16 лет смотреть не разрешается (надпись) young adults —- молодежь в возрасте от 17 до 21 года 2. юр. юноша старше 14 лет; девушка старше 12 лет 3. юр. совершеннолетний; лицо, достигшее совершеннолетия adults must accept full responsibility for their actions —- совершеннолетние должны нести полную ответственность за свои действия 4. биол. взрослая особь 5. взрослый; совершеннолетний; зрелый 6. достойный взрослого; солидный, зрелый adult behaviour —- солидное поведение adult approach to the problem —- зрелый подход к вопросу 7. для взрослых adult education —- обучение взрослых adult film —- фильм для взрослых 8. эвф. "только для взрослых", порнографический; спекулирующий на сексе adult bookstore —- магазин порнографической литературы adult entertainment —- стриптиз, порнографические шоу и т. п. adult business district —- район публичных домов, кинотеатров, демонстрирующих откровенно сексуальные фильмы, кабаков со стриптизом и т. п. 9. пожилой 10. предназначенный для пожилых adult communities —- дома или поселки для престарелых ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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1. noun взрослый, совершеннолетний, зрелый человек adult education - обучение взрослых 2. adj. взрослый, совершеннолетний, зрелый Syn: see mature ...Англо-русский словарь
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~1 S2 W2 n 1 a fully-grown person or animal (Some children find it difficult to talk to adults.) 2 someone who is old enough to be considered legally responsible, and can for example vote in elections and get married without their parents' permission ~2 W3 adj 1 only before noun fully grown or developed (an adult lion) adult life (=the part of your life when you are an adult) 2 typical of an adult's behaviour or of the things adults do (dealing with problems in an adult way) 3 ~ movie/magazine etc a film etc that is about sex, shows sexual acts etc ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 1531, from L. adultus, pp. of adolescere "grow up, mature" (see adolescent). As a euphemism for "pornographic," it dates to 1958 and does no honor to the word. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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