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grow up en · INTJ

Pronunciation

Etymology

Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.

Meanings

  1. (imperative) Used to criticize childish behavior, especially that considered unreasonable for one's age.
    • Grow up! The Bible is nothing more than a astrotheological allegory for things like the Sun!
    • You're giggling because I said "butt"? Grow up, seriously.

grow up en · VERB

Pronunciation

Etymology

Dissimilated from Middle English upgrowen.

Meanings

  1. (intransitive) To mature and become an adult.
    • Attila grew up a nomad on the plains of Hungary
    • I'm in the place where I grew up, where my alma mater is. 2021 December 29, Stephen Roberts, “Stories and facts behind railway plaques: Evesham (1870)”, in RAIL, number 947, page 58:
    • What do you want to be when you grow up?
  2. (intransitive) To start to develop; to flourish.
    • Socialism grew up in the industrial cities.
    • A town grew up at the junction of the two rivers.
  3. (idiomatic, intransitive) To stop acting as or like a child (often used as an imperative interjection).
    • Will you grow up please, and stop making silly faces?

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
grew up Tense=Past lexicographic
growing up Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
grows up Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
grown up Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Deriveds

grown up

Synonyms

upgrow · age (to mature) · prosper (to start to develop) · blossom (to start to develop)

Translations (82)

hu felnő (to mature and become an adult) · ca fer-se gran (to mature and become an adult) · it crescere (to mature and become an adult) · fa رشدادن (to mature and become an adult) · la accrēscō (to mature and become an adult) · gl crecer (to mature and become an adult) · pt crescer (to mature and become an adult) · nl opgroeien (to mature and become an adult) · sv växa upp (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · ca créixer (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · sv blomstra (to flourish) · da vokse op (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · sv växa fram (to flourish) · fr grandir (to mature and become an adult) · sh одра́стати (to mature and become an adult) · it crescere (to flourish) · cy cael magu (to mature and become an adult) · hu kifejlődik (to flourish) · io adulteskar (to mature and become an adult) · it attecchire (to flourish) · zdj uwangushia (to mature and become an adult) · fa بالیدن (to mature and become an adult) · pt crescer (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · sv växa upp (to flourish) · tr yetişmek (to mature and become an adult) · ar كَبُرَ (to mature and become an adult) · sk vyrásť (to mature and become an adult) · tr büyümek (to mature and become an adult) · da vokse op (to mature and become an adult) · ga éirigh suas (to mature and become an adult) · sh odrástati (to mature and become an adult) · es crecer (to mature and become an adult) · fi kasvaa aikuiseksi (to mature and become an adult) · sk dospieť (to mature and become an adult) · acw كِبِر (to mature and become an adult) · de erwachsen werden (to mature and become an adult) · cs vyrůst (to mature and become an adult) · el μεγαλώνω (to mature and become an adult) · ru вы́расти (to mature and become an adult) · eo plenkreski (to mature and become an adult) · az yetişmək (to mature and become an adult) · de erwachsen (to mature and become an adult) · de aufwachsen (to mature and become an adult) · pt crescer (to flourish) · eo elkreski (to mature and become an adult) · no vokse opp (to mature and become an adult) · gl medrar (to mature and become an adult) · fi kehittyä (to flourish) · ru расти́ (to mature and become an adult) · tr büyümek (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · hu felnőttként viselkedik (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · da blive voksen (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · sv växa upp (to mature and become an adult) · sh òdrāsti (to mature and become an adult) · it fiorire (to flourish) · ja 成長する (to mature and become an adult) · te పెరుగు (to mature and become an adult) · la adolescō (to mature and become an adult) · ca créixer (to mature and become an adult) · he גָּדַל (to mature and become an adult) · sh о̀дра̄сти (to mature and become an adult) · ru выраста́ть (to mature and become an adult) · fi aikuistua (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · zdj uhulia (to mature and become an adult) · es madurar (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · ja 大人に成る (to mature and become an adult) · az boya-başa çatmaq (to mature and become an adult) · fi kasvaa aikuiseksi (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · la alescō (to mature and become an adult) · da blive voksen (to mature and become an adult) · no bli voksen (to mature and become an adult) · az böyümək (to mature and become an adult) · pl dorosnąć (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · it comportarsi da adulto (idiomatic: to stop acting as a child) · cs dospět (to mature and become an adult) · ang ġeweaxan (to mature and become an adult) · ar ْنَشَأ (to mature and become an adult) · it svilupparsi (to flourish) · pl dorastać (to mature and become an adult) · sv bli vuxen (to mature and become an adult) · cmn 長大 /长大 (to mature and become an adult) · eo plenaĝiĝi (to mature and become an adult)