Usually means: Transition from childhood to adulthood.
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  1. adolesce: Merriam-Webster
  2. adolesce: Vocabulary.com
  3. adolesce: Wiktionary
  4. adolesce: Dictionary.com
  5. adolesce: Rhymezone
  6. adolesce: FreeDictionary.org
  7. adolesce: Mnemonic Dictionary
  8. adolesce: TheFreeDictionary.com
  9. adolesce: Merriam-Webster

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Definitions from Wiktionary (adolesce)

▸ verb:  (intransitive) To commence or progress through adolescence.

Similar:
develop, go through, come of age, age up, come on, mature, progress, grow up, youthen, senesce, more...

Opposite:
senesce, mature, age, grow up

Types:
teenager, youth, tween, preteen, more...

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Similar:
develop, go through, come of age, age up, come on, mature, progress, grow up, youthen, senesce, more...

Opposite:
senesce, mature, age, grow up

Types:
teenager, youth, tween, preteen, more...



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