adolescent
adjective
changing into a young man or woman
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a big boy or a big girl is getting older or is older than another child. This word is used mainly by children or when speaking to children
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relating to the time just before puberty (=when you change from a child into an adult)
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a pubescent child is at a stage in their life when their body is changing and they are becoming an adult
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a child who is spoilt behaves badly if they do not get what they want, because people have always given them everything they want
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