1. One who has achieved biological maturity. 2. One who has achieved the legal chronological age, which a society has legislated as adulthood. 3. The age at which a person feels himself or herself to be an adult; to behave in a mature manner. 4. To be...

Stage in human development, usually from about 22 to 40 years of age, when people learn to choose, create and maintain their own life...

Becoming an adult is a life-cycle transition signified by multiple markers (Hogan and Astone 1986). These include the completion of education, the establishment of an independent residence, the attainment of economic self-sufficiency, marriage,...

This article is about the human developmental stage. For the adult insect stage, see Imago. For the band, see ADULT. For the upcoming 2009 British film by Noel Clarke see Adulthood (film). The term adult has three distinct meanings: Grown man...

Polly Drew Adults, proms are bad teammates By POLLY DREW Sunday, April 23, 2000 Mark Chmura is arrested -- in his social development. What better symbolizes a young person's hesitancy to grow up than to go back to the...

"Ministers also want to support 'adult relationships' by introducing more flexible wedding ceremonies," I read in the Independent's excellent report on the government's green paper. I took it that the quotes round "adult relationships" were not the Independent's Social Affairs Editor's own -...

The federal government is now expanding its abstinence advocacy program to target unmarried adults up to 29 years of age. The program advises individuals to abstain from sex outside of marriage to avoid sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted pregnancies. Of course, to no one's surprise,...

Teenager Michelle Rome can't imagine life without instant messaging. Baby boomer Steve Wilson doesn't care that it even exists.They're part of an "instant messaging gap" between teens and adults. And the division is wide, says an AP-AOL survey on how Americans use or snub those...