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.