| NOUN | time | adolescence | the time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood |
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| state | adolescence | in the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood |
| Sounds | ae.dahleh'sahns; ae.dowleh'sahns | |
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| Rhymes | abeyance ... virulence: 273 rhymes with ahns... | |
| Meaning | The time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood. | |
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| Part of | youth | The time of life between childhood and maturity |
| Parts | genital stage, genital phase | (psychoanalysis) the fifth sexual and social stage in a person's development occurring during adolescence |
| puberty, pubescence | The time of life when sex glands become functional | |
| Broader | time of life | A period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state |
| Spanish | adolescencia | |
| Catalan | adolescència | |
| 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 | |
| Verbs | adolesce | become adolescent |
| Meaning | In the state that someone is in between puberty and adulthood. | |
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| Broader | immaturity, immatureness | not having reached maturity |
| Spanish | adolescencia | |
| Catalan | adolescència | |
| Adjectives | adolescent | relating to or peculiar to or suggestive of an adolescent |
| Verbs | adolesce | become adolescent |
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