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To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic
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Meaning relationships
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Antonyms: none provided
To mature, or become fully developed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: broadly, idiomatic
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reach a certain age that marks a transition to maturity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: grow up
No etymology was provided for this word.
Across languages
Translations
40 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ
(balaḡa rušdahu)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Azerbaijani:
büluğa çatmaq
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Chinese Mandarin:
成年
(chéngnián)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Czech:
dosáhnout plnoletosti
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Finnish:
tulla täysi-ikäiseksi
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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French:
atteindre la majorité
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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German:
volljährig werden
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Greek:
ηλικιώνομαι
(ilikiónomai)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Hebrew:
התבגר
(hitbagér)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Hungarian:
nagykorú lesz
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Ido:
adulteskar
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Indonesian:
berumur
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Irish:
aosaigh
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Italian:
diventare maggiorenne
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Japanese:
成人になる
(seijin ni naru)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Japanese:
成人する
(seijin suru)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Polish:
dorastać
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Polish:
dorosnąć
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Romanian:
a ajunge la majorat
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Russian:
стать совершеннолетним
(statʹ soveršennoletnim)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Russian:
достичь совершеннолетия
(dostičʹ soveršennoletija)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Scottish Gaelic:
thig gu ìre
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Spanish:
alcanzar la mayoría de edad
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Swedish:
bli myndig
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Tibetan:
ན་ཚོད་དར
(na tshod dar)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Tibetan:
ན་ཚོད་ལོངས
(na tshod longs)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Tibetan:
སྐུ་ན་སོན
(sku na son)
— reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
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Azerbaijani:
başa-boya çatmaq
— mature, or become fully developed
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Chinese Mandarin:
成熟
(chéngshú)
— mature, or become fully developed
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Finnish:
tulla täysi-ikäiseksi
— mature, or become fully developed
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French:
maturer
— mature, or become fully developed
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French:
mûrir
— mature, or become fully developed
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German:
erwachsen werden
— mature, or become fully developed
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Hungarian:
felnő
— mature, or become fully developed
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Italian:
maturare
— mature, or become fully developed
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Romanian:
a se matura
— mature, or become fully developed
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Russian:
повзрослеть
(povzrosletʹ)
— mature, or become fully developed
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Russian:
достичь зрелости
(dostičʹ zrelosti)
— mature, or become fully developed
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Scottish Gaelic:
thig gu ìre
— mature, or become fully developed
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Spanish:
madurar
— mature, or become fully developed