noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
sb’s early childhood/adolescence/life (= when someone is a young child, adolescent etc )
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We’ve known each other since early childhood.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ ADJECTIVE
early
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Charlotte Mason regarded teaching as her vocation from her early adolescence .
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He had struggled with alcohol and drug abuse from early adolescence .
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In conversation this appeared to be the pattern of most youngsters and presumably is coinciding with early adolescence .
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There was another reason why in early adolescence this distortion was strongly reinforced.
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When questioned directly about these findings, the patient admitted to the presence of visual abnormalities since early adolescence .
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He was entering that awkward stage of early adolescence and had become a somewhat ungainly-looking boy.
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From infancy through early adolescence , Semai children are largely unconstrained and free of external domination.
late
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I should know ... Friendships become easier for young women in later adolescence as they develop a clearer sense of self identity.
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Any genuinely orthodox unionist would have been a member since late adolescence !
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Some of the most vulnerable young people in care are those who are still away from home during their later adolescence .
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In late adolescence and young adulthood, planning skills were in turn related to social functioning and parenting behaviour.
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They progress much further than Gang into late adolescence , a period more amenable to bittersweet comedy.
■ VERB
reach
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Once he reached adolescence , just couldn't control him.
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Young girls, before they reach adolescence , have an instinctive grace in their movements.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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During adolescence , boys are sometimes very shy and lacking in self-confidence.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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At least these skits had grown in sophistication since my adolescence .
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During her adolescence she had been deeply and profoundly idealistic.
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I should know ... Friendships become easier for young women in later adolescence as they develop a clearer sense of self identity.
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My adolescence was a triumph of the superego over the id.
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Now it is readily apparent that adolescence conceived in this way does not correspond with puberty.
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Yes, adolescence is the age of flaring, terminal embarrassment.