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Used to criticize childish behavior, especially that considered unreasonable for one's age.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: imperative
Examples
- You're giggling because I said "butt"? Grow up, seriously.
- Grow up! The Bible is nothing more than a astrotheological allegory for things like the Sun!
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To mature and become an adult.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- What do you want to be when you grow up?
- Attila grew up a nomad on the plains of Hungary
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To start to develop; to flourish.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: intransitive
Examples
- Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.
- A town grew up at the junction of the two rivers.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: idiomatic, intransitive
Examples
- Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
become an adult
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: mature, maturate, grow
Narrower terms: come of age
Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.
Across languages
Translations
81 source translations are retained for this English entry.
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Arabic:
كَبُرَ
(kabura)
— to mature and become an adult
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Arabic:
ْنَشَأ
(našaʔ)
— to mature and become an adult
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Arabic:
كِبِر
(kibir)
— to mature and become an adult
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Azerbaijani:
böyümək
— to mature and become an adult
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Azerbaijani:
başa-boya çatmaq
— to mature and become an adult
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Azerbaijani:
yetişmək
— to mature and become an adult
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Catalan:
créixer
— to mature and become an adult
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Catalan:
fer-se gran
— to mature and become an adult
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Chinese Mandarin:
長大 /长大
(zhǎngdà)
— to mature and become an adult
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Ngazidja Comorian:
uhulia
— to mature and become an adult
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Ngazidja Comorian:
uwangushia
— to mature and become an adult
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Czech:
vyrůst
— to mature and become an adult
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Czech:
dospět
— to mature and become an adult
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Danish:
vokse op
— to mature and become an adult
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Danish:
blive voksen
— to mature and become an adult
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Dutch:
opgroeien
— to mature and become an adult
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Esperanto:
plenkreski
— to mature and become an adult
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Esperanto:
plenaĝiĝi
— to mature and become an adult
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Esperanto:
elkreski
— to mature and become an adult
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Finnish:
kasvaa aikuiseksi
— to mature and become an adult
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French:
grandir
— to mature and become an adult
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Galician:
crecer
— to mature and become an adult
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Galician:
medrar
— to mature and become an adult
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German:
aufwachsen
— to mature and become an adult
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German:
erwachsen werden
— to mature and become an adult
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German:
erwachsen
— to mature and become an adult
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Greek:
μεγαλώνω
(megalóno)
— to mature and become an adult
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Hebrew:
גָּדַל
(gadál)
— to mature and become an adult
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Hungarian:
felnő
— to mature and become an adult
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Ido:
adulteskar
— to mature and become an adult
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Irish:
éirigh suas
— to mature and become an adult
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Italian:
crescere
— to mature and become an adult
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Japanese:
成長する
(seichō-suru)
— to mature and become an adult
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Japanese:
大人に成る
(otona ni naru)
— to mature and become an adult
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Latin:
alescō
— to mature and become an adult
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Latin:
adolescō
— to mature and become an adult
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Norwegian:
vokse opp
— to mature and become an adult
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Norwegian:
bli voksen
— to mature and become an adult
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Old English:
ġeweaxan
— to mature and become an adult
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Persian:
بالیدن
(bâlidan)
— to mature and become an adult
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Persian:
رشدادن
— to mature and become an adult
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Polish:
dorastać
— to mature and become an adult
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Portuguese:
crescer
— to mature and become an adult
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Russian:
расти́
(rastí)
— to mature and become an adult
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Russian:
выраста́ть
(vyrastátʹ)
— to mature and become an adult
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Russian:
вы́расти
(výrasti)
— to mature and become an adult
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Serbo-Croatian:
òdrāsti
— to mature and become an adult
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Serbo-Croatian:
о̀дра̄сти
— to mature and become an adult
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Serbo-Croatian:
odrástati
— to mature and become an adult
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Serbo-Croatian:
одра́стати
— to mature and become an adult
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Slovak:
dospieť
— to mature and become an adult
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Slovak:
vyrásť
— to mature and become an adult
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Spanish:
crecer
— to mature and become an adult
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Swedish:
växa upp
— to mature and become an adult
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Swedish:
bli vuxen
— to mature and become an adult
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Telugu:
పెరుగు
(perugu)
— to mature and become an adult
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Turkish:
büyümek
— to mature and become an adult
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Turkish:
yetişmek
— to mature and become an adult
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Welsh:
cael magu
— to mature and become an adult
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Finnish:
kehittyä
— to flourish
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Hungarian:
kifejlődik
— to flourish
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Italian:
fiorire
— to flourish
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Italian:
attecchire
— to flourish
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Italian:
crescere
— to flourish
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Italian:
svilupparsi
— to flourish
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Portuguese:
crescer
— to flourish
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Swedish:
växa fram
— to flourish
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Swedish:
växa upp
— to flourish
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Swedish:
blomstra
— to flourish
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Catalan:
créixer
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Danish:
vokse op
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Danish:
blive voksen
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Finnish:
kasvaa aikuiseksi
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Finnish:
aikuistua
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Hungarian:
felnőttként viselkedik
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Italian:
comportarsi da adulto
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Polish:
dorosnąć
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Portuguese:
crescer
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Spanish:
madurar
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Swedish:
växa upp
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
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Turkish:
büyümek
— idiomatic: to stop acting as a child
