adult

[əˈdʌlt]

Definition:
1. A fully grown person who is legally responsible for their actions.
2. Fully grown or developed.
3. Any mature animal.

Use 'adult' in a sentence:

1. Angus's child-like paintings contrast starkly with his adult subject matter in these portraits.
2. Some children find it difficult to talk to adults.
3. Eventually your child will leave home to lead her own life as a fully independent adult.
4. I've lived most of my adult life in Arizona.
5. It is no longer desirable for adult children to live with their parents.
6. That wasn't very adult of you.
7. He is like a childish adult.
8. I've lived most of my adult life in London.
9. Most adult education centres offer computing courses.
10. Over one-quarter of the adult population are not fully literate.
11. Each ticket admits one adult.
12. The fish return to the river as adults in order to breed.
13. As an adult, you can assess the situation realistically.
14. The adults have white bodies and grey backs.
15. I'd like two adult tickets, please.
16. She is taller than I imagined, more adult, more intense.
17. We have subtracted$ 25 per adult to arrive at a basic room rate.
18. I came into adult life clueless about a lot of things that most people take for granted.
19. He had turned into an embittered, hardened adult.
20. Children do not use inflections such as are used in mature adult speech.
21. An adult hedgehog can boast 7,500 spines.
22. In many societies, young people are formally initiated into their adult roles.
23. She had invested all her adult life in the relationship.
24. When my parents split up, it was all very adult and open.
25. The average adult man burns 1,500 to 2,000 calories per day.
26. Children under 14 must be accompanied by an adult.
27. Most adult education centres offer computer courses.
28. Adult behaviour is often patterned by childhood experiences.
29. What are adult toys?
30. The adult to child ratio is 1 to 6.
31. It is important that an adolescent boy should have an adult in whom he can confide.
32. The adult Chinese white dolphin is pink.
33. They're separated from the adult inmates.
34. All adult males will be liable for conscription.
35. She was very sympathetic to the problems of adult students.
36. The film is rated R for language and adult themes.
37. Bevin is now an adult and has re-lived her birth experience under hypnosis.
38. We were very adult about it. We discussed it rationally over a drink.
39. Children are admitted only if accompanied by an adult.
40. Children must use an approved child restraint or adult seat belt.
41. Through play, children act out in miniature the dramas of adult life.
42. Why can't you two act like civilized adults?
43. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
44. Offering advice on each and every problem will undermine her feeling of being adult.
45. I tried to understand the adult world and could not.
46. Becoming a father signified that he was now an adult.
47. The pupae remain dormant in the soil until they emerge as adult moths in the winter.
48. All adult dogs are routinely wormed at least every six months.
49. His adult life mirrored the downward course of his father's life.