the time in a person’s life when he or she develops from a child into an adultsynonympubertyAdolescence brings about major changes in a young person’s body.CollocationsThe ages of lifeChildhood/youthbe born and raised/bred in Oxford; into a wealthy/middle-class familyhave a happy/an unhappy/a tough childhoodgrow up in a musical family/in an orphanage/on a farmbe/grow up an only child (= with no brothers or sisters)reach/hit/enter/go through adolescence/pubertybe in your teens/early twenties/mid-twenties/late twentiesundergo/experience physical/psychological changesgive in to/succumb to/resist peer pressureassert your independence/individualityAdulthoodleave school/university/homego out to work (at sixteen)get/find a job/partnerbe/get engaged/marriedhave/get a wife/husband/mortgage/steady jobsettle down and have kids/children/a familybegin/start/launch/build a career (in politics/science/the music industry)prove (to be)/represent/mark/reach a turning point in your life/careerreach/be well into/settle into middle agehave/suffer/go through a midlife crisistake/consider early retirementapproach/announce/enjoy your retirementOld agehave/see/spend time with your grandchildrentake up/pursue/develop a hobbyget/receive/draw/collect/live on a pensionapproach/save for/die from old agelive to a ripe old agereach the grand old age of 102/23 (often ironic)be/become/be getting/be going senile (often ironic)die (peacefully)/pass away in your sleep/after a brief illnessOxford Collocations Dictionaryadjectiveearly,lateverb + adolescencereachprepositionduring adolescence ,in adolescence Seefull entrySee related entries:YouthWord Originlate Middle English: from French, from Latin adolescentia, from adolescere ‘grow to maturity’, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’.
See adolescence in the Oxford Learner's Dictionary of Academic EnglishSee adolescence in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
