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I don't want to get in a big, long discussion about right and wrong, but our company has been working on the issue of underage drinking and alcohol abuse for a long time. I've been outspoken about it.
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Meaning of "underage" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF UNDERAGE

underage  [ˌʌndərˈeɪdʒ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF UNDERAGE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Underage is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES UNDERAGE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Minor (law)

In law, a minor is a person under a certain age—usually the age of majority—which legally demarcates childhood from adulthood. The age of majority depends upon jurisdiction and application, but is generally 18. Minor may also be used in contexts unconnected to the overall age of majority. For example, the drinking age in the United States is 21, and people below this age are sometimes called minors even if they are older than 18. The term underage often refers to those under the age of majority, but may also refer to persons under a certain age limit, such as the drinking age, smoking age, age of consent, marriageable age, driving age, voting age, etc. These age limits are often different from the age of majority. The concept of minor is not sharply defined in most jurisdictions. The ages of criminal responsibility and consent, the age at which school attendance is no longer obligatory, the age at which legally binding contracts can be entered into, and so on, may be different. In many countries, including Australia, India, Philippines, Brazil, Croatia and Colombia, a minor is defined as a person under the age of 18.

Definition of underage in the English dictionary

The definition of underage in the dictionary is below the required or standard age, esp below the legal age for voting or drinking.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH UNDERAGE


age
eɪdʒ
backstage
ˌbækˈsteɪdʒ
cage
keɪdʒ
coming-of-age
ˌkʌmɪŋəvˈeɪdʒ
engage
ɪnˈɡeɪdʒ
gage
ɡeɪdʒ
gauge
ɡeɪdʒ
ice-age
ˈaɪsˌeɪdʒ
interage
ˌɪntərˈeɪdʒ
mage
meɪdʒ
Osage
əʊˈseɪdʒ
outrage
ˈaʊtˌreɪdʒ
overage
ˌəʊvərˈeɪdʒ
page
peɪdʒ
rage
reɪdʒ
rampage
ræmˈpeɪdʒ
sage
seɪdʒ
stage
steɪdʒ
teenage
ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒ
wage
weɪdʒ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE UNDERAGE

under-the-counter
under-the-table
underachieve
underachievement
underachiever
underact
underaction
underactive
underactivity
underactor
underaged
underagent
underarm
underbade
underbake
underbear
underbearer
underbellies
underbelly
underbid

WORDS THAT END LIKE UNDERAGE

amperage
average
beverage
brokerage
coverage
Dow-Jones average
garage
general average
goal average
grade point average
leverage
moving average
Nikkei average
on average
peerage
pierage
pilferage
porterage
sewerage
steerage
weighted average

Synonyms and antonyms of underage in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «underage» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF UNDERAGE

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

Translator English - Chinese

未成年的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

menor de edad
570 millions of speakers

English

underage
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

उम्र के अंतर्गत
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

قاصِر
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

несовершеннолетний
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

menor de idade
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

কম বয়স
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

mineur
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Di bawah umur
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

minderjährig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

未成年の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

미성년의
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Ing umur
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

thấp hơn tuổi quy định
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

வயது
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

अल्पवयीन
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

reşit olmayan
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

minorenne
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

niepełnoletni
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

неповнолітній
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

minor
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

ανήλικος
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

minderjarige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

minderårig
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

mindreårig
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of underage

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERAGE»

The term «underage» is very widely used and occupies the 7.045 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «UNDERAGE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about underage

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9 QUOTES WITH «UNDERAGE»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word underage.
1
Xavier Becerra
It is critical that parents and other trusted adults initiate conversations with kids about underage drinking well in advance of the first time they are faced with a decision regarding alcohol.
2
Sherwood Boehlert
Craft brewers are committed to promoting the safe and moderate consumption of their beverage, and work closely with their communities to prevent underage drinking and alcohol abuse.
3
Kelly Brook
My mum was never strict. I was allowed to go out to clubs underage, watch TV, listen to whatever music I wanted to, and that made me not rebel. I have never touched a drug in my life.
4
Pete Coors
I don't want to get in a big, long discussion about right and wrong, but our company has been working on the issue of underage drinking and alcohol abuse for a long time. I've been outspoken about it.
5
Janice Dickinson
Photo shoots for underage girls are like letting an ant walk around with honey.
6
Azar Nafisi
This is a good time to ask apologists for the Islamic regime, who degrades Islam? Who imposes stoning, forced marriage of underage girls and flogging for not wearing the veil? Do such practices represent Iran's ancient history and culture, its ethnic and religious diversity? Its centuries of sensual and subversive poetry?
7
Jonathan Richman
They played Boston. They played at the Boston Tea Party and through an amazing chain of events I got to hang out with them backstage even though I was underage.
8
Lucille Roybal-Allard
With such compelling information, the question is why haven't we been able to do more to prevent the crisis of underage drinking? The answer is: the alcohol industry.
9
Lucille Roybal-Allard
Mr. Speaker, our Nation must no longer be complacent about underage drinking and its alarming consequences. We must bring this national public health crisis out of the shadow and into the bright light of a national priority.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «UNDERAGE»

Discover the use of underage in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to underage and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Reducing Underage Drinking:: A Collective Responsibility
What can be done to prevent it? What will work and who is responsible for making sure it happens? Reducing Underage Drinking addresses these questions and proposes a new way to combat underage alcohol use.
Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education, Board on Children, Youth, and Families, Committee on Developing a Strategy to Reduce and Prevent Underage Drinking, 2004
2
Underage Drinking
Presents a series of essays from differing viewpoints discussing underage drinking in relation to family histories, colleges and universities, and personal regrets.
Norah Piehl, 2010
3
Underage And Overweight: Our Childhood Obesity Crisis--what ...
In response to the growing crisis affecting America's youth, Frances M. Berg, MS, LN, brings her lifetime of knowledge to bear on the problem of obesity in children and teens in the groundbreaking book Underage and Overweight: America's ...
Francie M. Berg, 2005
4
Making Change: Tips from an Underage Overachiever
The second part of the book is a section entitled Eight Principles to Maximize Your Full Potential, which includes exercises to help you identify and attain your dreams.
Bilaal Rajan, 2008
5
Underage Drinking
Explores the problem of underage drinking, signs to watch for, and how to deal with the problem.
Noėl Merino, 2007
6
Surgeon General's Call to Action to Prevent and Reduce ...
These three guides highlight underage alcohol use as a major public health & safety issue & suggest ways you can end underage drinking in your home, family, community, & across the nation: (1) A Guide to Action for Families; (2) A Guide to ...
Barry Leonard, 2008
7
Risk Perception, Awareness and Prevention Measures to Reduce ...
The literature review has shown that if a person abuses alcohol, he or she might become an alcoholic.
Duncan Aaron Borg Ellul, 2008
8
Underage Drinking
This guide describes the problem of underage drinking and reviews the factors that contribute to it. The guide also identifies a series of questions to help you analyze your local underage drinking problem.
Kelly Dedel, Kelly Dedel Johnson, 2004
9
Preventing and Reducing Underage Drinking
This book focuses on the Surgeon General's call to action to prevent and reduce underage drinking, to focus national attention on this enduring problem and on new, disturbing research which indicates that the developing adolescent brain may ...
Nathaniel P. Marquis, 2009
10
Driving With Care: Education and Treatment of the Underage ...
This supplementary guide to the Driving with Care series examines the reasons behind adolecent and young adult drink driving offences and how they differ from the adult offender.
Kenneth W. Wanberg, David S.Timken, Harvey B. Milkman, 2010

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «UNDERAGE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term underage is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Couple on Trial for Allegedly Allowing Underage Drinking Before …
Jonathan was leaving a wedding reception where teenagers were drinking underage, police said. The parents who hosted the reception, Dr. Charles Matthews ... «ABC News, Jul 15»
2
Underage drinking, binge boozing by minors is on the decline
Corrections and clarifications: A previous version of this story incorrectly stated the percentage change in the U.S. binge-drinking and underage drinking ... «USA TODAY, Jun 15»
3
Cop Lets Underage Drinker Go After Playing Rock, Paper, Scissors …
An alleged underage drinker apparently avoided a ticket by beating an officer in a game of rock, paper, scissors during a Texas music festival over the weekend. «Huffington Post, Apr 15»
4
Kentucky court to consider if underage sex is a crime
FRANKFORT, Ky. (AP) — Kentucky's highest court considered on Thursday whether teen-age couples should be treated as criminals when they have sex and ... «Huntington Herald Dispatch, Feb 15»
5
Alan Dershowitz vows to fight 'outrageous' underage sex allegations
The attorney and law professor Alan Dershowitz denies he engaged in underage sex. Photograph: Andrew Innerarity/Reuters. Paul Lewis in Washington and ... «The Guardian, Jan 15»
6
Prince Andrew 'underage sex slave' claims she was paid £10K after …
The American who alleges she had sex with Prince Andrew at an “underage” orgy today claims he licked her toes while sharing a bath. She also describes how ... «Mirror.co.uk, Jan 15»
7
Stephen Collins Explains Sexual Abuse Of Underage Girls: 'I'm A …
On Wednesday, Stephen Collins released a lengthy statement to People magazine in which he again confessed to past sexual abuse of children. In an interview ... «Huffington Post, Dec 14»
8
Actor Stephen Collins Admits to Inappropriate Contact with …
“7th Heaven” star Stephen Collins has admitted to inappropriate contact with three underage girls decades ago. “Forty years ago, I did something terribly wrong ... «Variety, Dec 14»
9
State officials launch underage drinking reduction program
The website chronicles the negative results of youth drinking in North Carolina and gives tips to parents on how to speak plainly to kids about why underage ... «WRAL.com, Dec 14»
10
Silvio Berlusconi Underage Sex Conviction Overturned
ROME—In a surprise decision, a Milan appeals court overturned a conviction of former Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi of paying for sex with an ... «Wall Street Journal, Jul 14»

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