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Definition of Adults
1. adult [n] - See also: adult
Lexicographical Neighbors of Adults
Literary usage of Adults
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Adult Literacy And New Technologies: Tools For A Lifetime by Office of Technology Assessment (1994)
"In addition to these situational barriers, adults also have attitudes and feelings
... Taken together, these findings suggest that adults are more likely to ..."
2. Adult Literacy in America edited by Irwin S. Kisch (1994)
"NALS Another way to determine how adults view their ability to read and write in
English is to ask how often they receive help from others in performing ..."
3. Healthy People 2000: National Health Promotion & Disease Prevention by DIANE Publishing Company (2004)
"The leading causes of death among adolescents and young adults include ...
The major preventable health concerns of adolescents and young adults fall into ..."
4. Library Journal by American Library Association, Library Association (1896)
"WHAT adults AND CHILDREN READ. BY ARTHUR E. BOSTWICK, Librarian New York Frei
Circulating Library. THE division of the circulation of a library into two ..."
5. The Philadelphia Negro: A Social Study by William Edward Burghardt Du Bois, Isabel Eaton (1899)
"A family of 2 adults (waiter) 2 20 9. A family of 2 adults (servant) i 50 10.
... A family of 9 adults and I child 5 oo 13. A family of 8 adults and 4 ..."
6. The Auk: Quarterly Journal of Ornithology by American Ornithologists' Union, Nuttall Ornithological Club (1898)
"Winter, 108 adults and 461 eggs; spring, 5 adults. Total Hemiptera — adults, 93;
eggs, 466; in 15 stomachs. Total winter, 125 adults, 8 pupa;, 193 larvae, ..."
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