adulthood
/ˈædʌlthʊd/noun
उच्चारण ऐडल्ट्हुड
वयस्कता, प्रौढ़ावस्था
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the state of being an adult; the period of time when you are an adult
वयस्कता, प्रौढ़ावस्था
- the passage from childhood to adulthood
- Learning to manage money is an important part of adulthood.
- Habits formed in childhood often continue into adulthood.
+ 3 more examples
- Rohan reached adulthood at the age of eighteen.
- Learning to cook is a useful skill in early adulthood.
- Many people face new responsibilities in adulthood.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
in / into adulthood (no article)
Use in adulthood for the stage of life, and into adulthood for the move towards it; no article is used.
जीवन की अवस्था के लिए in adulthood और उसकी ओर बढ़ने के लिए into adulthood आता है; article नहीं लगता।
- Habits formed in childhood last into adulthood.
- He moved abroad in early adulthood.
reach / enter adulthood (direct object)
Reach and enter take adulthood directly, with no to or into.
Reach और enter के बाद adulthood सीधे आता है, to या into के बिना।
- Radhika reached adulthood in a small town of Bihar.
- Students enter adulthood when they start their first job.
adulthood + noun (modifier)
Before another noun it names the adult phase, as in adulthood responsibilities.
दूसरे noun से पहले यह वयस्क अवस्था को बताता है, जैसे adulthood responsibilities।
- Early adulthood is often a time of career choices.
adulthood vs adult / adulthood vs maturity
Adulthood is the stage of being an adult; maturity is the mental quality of behaving sensibly.
Adulthood वयस्क होने की अवस्था है; maturity समझदारी से व्यवहार करने का मानसिक गुण है।
- Some reach adulthood before they reach maturity.
+Collocations 4
adjective + adulthood
earlylatefullyoungindependent
- Independent adulthood begins with a first salary for many.
verb + adulthood
reachentersurvive intogrow intoprepare for
- Schools prepare children for adulthood.
preposition + adulthood
in adulthoodinto adulthoodfrom childhood to adulthoodbefore adulthood
- The journey from childhood to adulthood is full of changes.
adulthood + noun
responsibilitiesyearsskillsstage
- Cooking and budgeting are important adulthood skills.
“More examples 5
- Many children in the village reach adulthood without finishing school.
गाँव के कई बच्चे स्कूल पूरा किए बिना वयस्क हो जाते हैं।
- The training teaches young people to handle the shift into adulthood.
यह प्रशिक्षण युवाओं को वयस्कता में प्रवेश सँभालना सिखाता है।
- She still remembers the games of her childhood in her adulthood.
वयस्क होने पर भी उसे अपने बचपन के खेल याद हैं।
- Vaccines protect children and help them survive into adulthood.
टीके बच्चों की रक्षा करते हैं और उन्हें वयस्क होने तक जीवित रहने में मदद देते हैं।
- In adulthood, Radhika took up the sport she had loved as a girl.
वयस्क होने पर राधिका ने वह खेल अपनाया जो उसे लड़की के रूप में प्रिय था।
!Common mistakes 2
✗ He reached to adulthood at eighteen.
✓ He reached adulthood at eighteen.
Reach is followed directly by its object.
Reach के बाद object सीधे आता है।
✗ In the adulthood, people must earn their own living.
✓ In adulthood, people must earn their own living.
Adulthood takes no article in this general sense.
इस सामान्य अर्थ में adulthood के साथ article नहीं लगता।
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≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
a·dult·hood
§Grammar and usage
Keep the stages of life in order: infancy, childhood, adolescence (the teenage years), adulthood, middle age, old age.
जीवन की अवस्थाएँ क्रम में याद रखिए: infancy (शैशव), childhood, adolescence (किशोरावस्था), adulthood, middle age, old age।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
Universal adult franchise means every adult citizen can vote.
Universal adult franchise का अर्थ हर वयस्क नागरिक को मताधिकार है।
General knowledge
Law: in India a person becomes an adult at 18 (the age of majority); a person under 18 is a minor.
कानून में भारत में व्यक्ति 18 वर्ष पर वयस्क होता है (age of majority); 18 से कम minor है।