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come of age en · VERB

Pronunciation

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Meanings

1. (idiomatic) To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.
   • I should like to know whether anyone belonging to the houses that bound the line there came of age or got married on the twenty-sixth of November. 1914, Ernest Bramah, Max Carrados:
2. (broadly, idiomatic) To mature, or become fully developed.
   • Eager to find a better life, you joined the Alliance military when you came of age. You volunteered for an expedition to Akuze: a lush world on the outskirts of Alliance space that had suddenly dropped out of contact. 2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Profile Codex entry:

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Translations (40)

hu felnő (mature, or become fully developed) · ja 成人になる (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · cs dosáhnout plnoletosti (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · bo ན་ཚོད་དར (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · de volljährig werden (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · hu nagykorú lesz (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · he התבגר (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · ar بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · ro a se matura (mature, or become fully developed) · ro a ajunge la majorat (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · bo ན་ཚོད་ལོངས (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · fr atteindre la majorité (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · pl dorosnąć (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · id berumur (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · it diventare maggiorenne (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · gd thig gu ìre (mature, or become fully developed) · ru стать совершеннолетним (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · es madurar (mature, or become fully developed) · ru достичь зрелости (mature, or become fully developed) · ga aosaigh (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · es alcanzar la mayoría de edad (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · fr maturer (mature, or become fully developed) · fi tulla täysi-ikäiseksi (mature, or become fully developed) · ru повзрослеть (mature, or become fully developed) · pl dorastać (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · ru достичь совершеннолетия (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · sv bli myndig (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · it maturare (mature, or become fully developed) · ja 成人する (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · cmn 成熟 (mature, or become fully developed) · fi tulla täysi-ikäiseksi (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · bo སྐུ་ན་སོན (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · io adulteskar (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · gd thig gu ìre (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · cmn 成年 (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · az boya-başa çatmaq (mature, or become fully developed) · de erwachsen werden (mature, or become fully developed) · az büluğa çatmaq (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult) · fr mûrir (mature, or become fully developed) · el ηλικιώνομαι (reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult)