the period of a person’s life during which their sexual organs develop and they become capable of having childrento reach pubertyWordfinderyoungadolescent,immature,mixed up,naive,puberty,rebellious,sulky,tearaway,teenager,youngCollocationsThe 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 illnesssee alsoadolescenceOxford Collocations Dictionaryverb + pubertyenter,hit,reach,…prepositionat puberty ,during puberty phrasesthe age of puberty,the onset of pubertySeefull entrySee related entries:YouthWord Originlate Middle English: from Latin pubertas, from puber ‘adult’, related to pubes ‘pubic hair, groin, genitals’.Extra examplesGirls start menstruating at puberty.He reached puberty at the age of fourteen.I was going through puberty.She hit puberty a year before any of her friends.The body undergoes many changes during puberty.
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