adolescents
Sayad-uh-LES-uhnts/ˌædəˈlɛsənts/
- 1Plural of adolescent. Use this form when talking about more than one young person.
The adolescents gathered after school to play basketball.
Most adolescents need plenty of sleep to feel rested.
Note
adolescents is a form of adolescent
adolescent, noun: A young person who is no longer a child but is not yet an adult. Full entry
- Forms
- adolescentadolescents plural
- Spelling
- adolescent → adolescents: add -s
- Sound
- The ending sounds like /s/.
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