grown-up

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   An adult, especially as spoken about by or to children.

   Ask a grown-up to help you cross the road.

2. 2
   adj

   Fully developed; adult.

   Her grown-up children all live abroad now.

3. 3
   adj

   Behaving in a sensible, mature way.

   It was very grown-up of him to apologise first.

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