adult child
A grown-up descendant of a person referred to in earlier contextsA grown-up descendant of a person referred to in earlier contexts.
» This movie is for adults, not for children.
Dieser Film ist für Erwachsene, nicht für Kinder. — MUIRIEL
Это кино для взрослых, а не для детей. — Lenin_1917
Этот фильм для взрослых, а не для детей. — Selena777
Цей фільм для дорослих, не для дітей. — ascolto
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1 sensesA grown-up descendant of a person referred to in earlier contexts.
Adult children of alcoholics often become alcoholics themselves.
Examples
24 sentencesThis movie is for adults, not for children.
Цей фільм для дорослих, не для дітей. — ascolto
ruЭто кино для взрослых, а не для детей. — Lenin_1917
deDieser Film ist für Erwachsene, nicht für Kinder. — MUIRIEL
Tom and Mary have three adult children.
ruУ Тома и Мэри трое взрослых детей. — marafon
Tickets are $30 for adults and children are free.
Tickets are $30 for adults and $15 for children 16 and under.
This story is for adults, so children won't enjoy it.
Forms
plural: adult children| Singular | adult child |
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irregular · Lesson
Word family
1 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Plural nouns — Because its plural is irregular
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.