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adulting

USuh-DULT-ing/əˈdʌltɪŋ/UKAD-ult-ing/ˈæd.ʌlt.ɪŋ/

3 meanings of adulting

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  1. 1
    nounslanguncountable
    The everyday jobs and tasks that come with being a grown-up, like paying bills.

    Like all the small jobs that pile up when you live on your own.

    Paying rent and cooking dinner every night is a lot of adulting.

    She felt proud of all the adulting she got done this week.

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  2. 2
    verbinformal
    Informal -ing form of adult. Use it after am, is, are, was or were, or to name the action.

    He is adulting hard by doing his own laundry today.

    They are adulting this weekend by cleaning the whole apartment.

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  3. 3
    nounnonstandarduncountable
    The act of cheating on a husband or wife with someone else.

    She left him when she found out about his adulting and the other woman.

    Rumors of his adulting spread quickly through the village.

    Similaradultery, infidelity, unfaithfulness

    Oppositefidelity, faithfulness

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adulting is a form of adult

adult, verb: To do the boring but needed jobs that grown-ups have to do. Full entry

Forms
adultadults he/she/itadulting -ing formadulted past tense, past participle
Spelling
adult → adulting: add -ing

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Origin

From the word "adult" plus "-ing."