adolesce (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *adolesce*:
VERB	change	adolesce	become adolescent

English > *adolesce*: 1 sense > verb 1, change
Meaning	Become adolescent; pass through adolescence.
Pattern	Somebody ----s
Example	"The children are beginning to adolesce around the age of 12"
Broader	develop	Grow, progress, unfold, or evolve through a process of evolution, natural growth, differentiation, or a conducive environment
Adjectives	adolescent	relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent
	adolescent	in the state of development between puberty and maturity
	adolescent	being of the age 13 through 19
Nouns	adolescence	in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood
	adolescence	the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
	adolescent	a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

HyperDic: adolesce