{
    "term": "adolescent",
    "partOfSpeech": "noun",
    "ox5000": true,
    "cefr": "c1",
    "definitions": [
        {
            "senseNumber": null,
            "definition": "a young person who is developing from a child into an adult",
            "examples": [
                {
                    "text": "adolescents between the ages of 13 and 18 and the problems they face"
                },
                {
                    "text": "Stop acting like an adolescent!"
                }
            ],
            "topics": ["Life stages"],
            "collocations": {
                "adjective": ["young", "pimply", "spotty"]
            }
        }
    ],
    "pronunciations": {
        "uk": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌædəˈlesnt/",
                "audio": "ad/adolescent/adolescent__gb_1.mp3"
            }
        ],
        "us": [
            {
                "pronunciation": "/ˌædəˈlesnt/",
                "audio": "ad/adolescent/adolescent__us_1.mp3"
            }
        ]
    },
    "wordOrigin": "late Middle English (as a noun): via French from Latin adolescent- ‘coming to maturity’, from adolescere, from ad- ‘to’ + alescere ‘grow, grow up’, from alere ‘nourish’. The adjective dates from the late 18th cent."
}