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Meaning of "grown-up" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF GROWN-UP

grown-up play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF GROWN-UP

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Grown-Up can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES GROWN-UP MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of grown-up in the English dictionary

The first definition of grown-up in the dictionary is having reached maturity; adult. Other definition of grown-up is suitable for or characteristic of an adult. Grown-Up is also an adult.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE GROWN-UP

growing pains
growing season
growingly
growl
growler
growlery
growliness
growlingly
growly
grown
growth
growth area
growth curve
growth factor
growth hormone
growth industry
growth market
growth potential
growth ring
growth shares

WORDS THAT END LIKE GROWN-UP

a turn-up
beaten-up
burn-up
chin-up
close-up
curtain-up
follow-up
hold-up
hook-up
make-up
pick-up
pin-up
pop-up
put-you-up
run-up
set-up
seven-up
ton-up
turn-up
wake-up

Synonyms and antonyms of grown-up in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «GROWN-UP»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «grown-up» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of grown-up
adult · man · mature · of age · woman

Translation of «grown-up» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF GROWN-UP

Find out the translation of grown-up to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of grown-up from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «grown-up» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

成年人
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

persona mayor
570 millions of speakers

English

grown-up
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

सयाना
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

بالِغ
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

взрослый
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

adulto
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

উদ্ভিন্ন
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

grande personne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

membesar
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Erwachsener
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

成人
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

성인
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Thukul-up
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người lớn
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வளர்ந்த
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रौढ
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

yetişkin
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

adulto
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

dorosły
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

дорослий
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

adult
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ενήλικος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

volwasse
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

vuxen
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

voksen
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of grown-up

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «GROWN-UP»

The term «grown-up» is very widely used and occupies the 18.276 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «GROWN-UP» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «grown-up» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «grown-up» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about grown-up

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10 QUOTES WITH «GROWN-UP»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word grown-up.
1
Robert Altman
Maybe there's a chance to get back to grown-up films. Anything that uses humor and dramatic values to deal with human emotions and gets down to what people are to people.
2
Francesca Annis
Thank God we're not like America. Everyone wants to look like they're 20. In Europe we admire grown-up women; I think men revere older women.
3
Christina Applegate
I'm a grown-up now, and I value the training I had.
4
Graeme Base
I hope that there's a difference between being childish and childlike and that I'm the latter, if you take my meaning. I often sort of wonder. I don't think I'm a terribly good grown-up; I don't take responsibility easily or well in many areas of life. Finance and stuff like that, I'm absolutely appalling.
5
Juan Antonio Bayona
If you want to tell grown-up fairy tales, you have to look for the dark side.
6
Maeve Binchy
Because I saw my parents relaxing in armchairs and reading and liking it, I thought it was a peaceful grown-up thing to do, and I still think that.
7
Bobbi Brown
I don't believe any lip shade is off-limits, but texture is key. A sheer lipstick in a healthy pink or neutral color looks more polished and grown-up than a super-shiny gloss.
8
Julie Dawn Cole
You can't be a grown-up woman and not like chocolate.
9
Sloane Crosley
Ah, the power of two. There's nothing quite like it. Especially when it comes to paying utility bills, parenting, cooking elaborate meals, purchasing a grown-up bed, jumping rope and lifting heavy machinery. The world favours pairs. Who wants to waste the wood building an ark for singletons?
10
Alan Cumming
I had to be a grown-up when I should have been a little boy, and now that I'm a grown-up my little-boyness has exploded out of me. I've lived my life backwards.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «GROWN-UP»

Discover the use of grown-up in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to grown-up and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Adulting: How to Become a Grown-up in 468 Easy(ish) Steps
This guide will help you to navigate the stormy Sea of Adulthood so that you may find safe harbor in Not Running Out of Toilet Paper Bay, and along the way you will learn: What to check for when renting a new apartment-Not just the nearby ...
Kelly Williams Brown, 2013
2
Grown Up Digital: How the Net Generation is Changing Your World
The bottom line is this: If you understand the Net Generation, you will understand the future. If you're a Baby Boomer or Gen-Xer: This is your field guide.
Don Tapscott, 2008
3
Grown-Up Marriage: What We Know, Wish We Had Known, and ...
Here, the bestselling author of Suddenly Sixty and Necessary Losses presents her life-affirming perspective on the joys, heartaches, difficulties, and possibilities of a grown-up marriage -- and no, that's not an oxymoron!
Judith Viorst, 2008
4
Mean Girls Grown Up: Adult Women Who Are Still Queen Bees, ...
. This is an insightful, practical guide to recognizing and responding to the Queen Bee syndrome." —Diana J. Mason, R.N., Ph.D., Editor in Chief of the American Journal of Nursing At one time or another, almost every woman has been ...
Cheryl Dellasega, PhD, 2010
5
A Grown-Up Kind of Pretty: A Novel
A GROWN-UP KIND OF PRETTY is a powerful saga of three generations of women, plagued by hardships and torn by a devastating secret, yet inextricably joined by the bonds of family.
Joshilyn Jackson, 2012
6
Grown-Up Girlfriends: Finding and Keeping Real Friends in ...
Grown-Up Girlfriends will help you: identify potential soul-mate friends mentor others set healthy boundaries resolve conflicts constructively support a friend in crisis practice healthy forgiveness and reconciliation let go of destructive ...
Erin Smalley, Carrie Oliver, 2007
7
Broken Children, Grown-Up Pain: Understanding The Effects Of ...
In Broken Children, Grown-Up Pain, Paul Hegstrom, author of Angry Men and the Women Who Love Them, shows us the scars from his broken childhood and shares practical and proven methods for facing and dealing with the pain of the past.
Paul Hegstrom, 2006
8
Moral Clarity: A Guide for Grown-up Idealists
In Moral Clarity, Susan Neiman shows how the philosophical resources of the eighteenth-century Englightenment can help us to construct a politics that does not repeat the mistakes of Marxism or succumb to the temptation of a cynicism that ...
Susan Neiman, 2009
9
All Grown Up and No Place to Go: Teenagers in Crisis
Elkind's classic on "hurried teens" condemns how society pushes adolescents to assume adult roles too soon.
David Elkind, 1998
10
The Secret Life of the Grown-Up Brain: Discover The ...
In her impeccably researched book, science writer Barbara Strauch explores the latest findings that demonstrate, through the use of technology such as brain scans, that the middle-aged brain is more flexible and more capable than previously ...
Barbara Strauch, 2011

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «GROWN-UP»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term grown-up is used in the context of the following news items.
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HARRIET ARKELL SAVVY SHOPPER on grown-up jellies
If you've got friends for dinner and you've made something heavy as a main course, this sliceable terrine would be perfect for pudding. It looks ... «Daily Mail, Jul 15»
2
Match Book: Grown-up books for a new adult
READER. Chelsea Borg, Acton. BOOK CHALLENGE. I just finished my first year of college, and I've been trying to break out of reading YA ... «Boston Globe, Jul 15»
3
A Grown-Up's Guide To The Best Music Festivals Of 2015
Therese Carlson, 57, had never been to a music festival before last summer, when she attended Lollapalooza, a three-day festival in Chicago's ... «Huffington Post, Jul 15»
4
New 'Vacation' finds Rusty Griswold, and a franchise, all grown up
Rusty's grown-up sister Audrey, Dana Barron in the original, is also back, this time as a free-wheeling, free-loving Leslie Mann. As a spiritual ... «Los Angeles Times, Jul 15»
5
A Grown-Up's Guide to 'Minions'
In the last five years, the first two “Despicable Me” movies introduced the world to little yellow creatures known as Minions. They sort of look like ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 15»
6
Country's Robbie Fulks Sings For A More Mature Audience
The country-rooted singer and songwriter Robbie Fulks makes grown-up music — songs that might be at odds with the spirit of the times. «Hartford Courant, Jul 15»
7
A grown-up attitude to children's health
Small Wonders Haydock, Thatto Heath and Peasley Cross have been promoting World Continence week with the Paediatric continence team. «St Helens Today, Jul 15»
8
How Should You Color Your New Grown-Up Coloring Books?
Consider colored pencils. “I like high-end pencils, which allow you to do shading,” says Erik Siuda, tattoo artist and author of the Modern Tattoo ... «Parade, Jul 15»
9
Wanted: Grown-Up Bedtime Stories
productimage-picture-lucky-jim-272 Preparing for my vacation next week, I posted a query on Facebook, which read in part: “Looking for ... «Chronicle of Higher Education, Jul 15»
10
Grown-Up Samoas with The Maui Cookie Lady
Grown-Up Samoas! For more information on The Maui Cookie Lady, go to http://themauicookielady.com/. Ingredients: 3 cups unbleached good ... «KHON2, Jul 15»

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