# adults

Pronunciation: US say "uh-DULTS" /əˈdʌlts/; UK say "A-dults" /ˈædʌlts/

## Noun

1. Plural of adult. — plural of adult
   - Simple: Plural of adult. Use this form when you mean more than one grown-up person.
   - _The ticket price is higher for adults than for children._
   - _Several adults volunteered to chaperone the school trip._

## Verb

2. Third-person singular simple present of adult. *(informal)* — third-person singular simple present indicative of adult
   - Simple: The form of adult used in the present with he, she, it, or a singular noun such as the dog or water.
   - _He adults surprisingly well for someone barely out of college._
   - _Whenever the bills arrive, she quietly adults and sorts everything out._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/adults (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).