CONSENTING ADULT

Meaning of CONSENTING ADULT in English

conˌsenting ˈadult BrE AmE noun [countable] law

someone who is considered to be old enough to decide whether they want to have sex

⇨ ↑ age of consent

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English. Longman - Словарь современного английского языка. 2012

CONSENTING ADULT — noun EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS ▪ I mean he is a consenting adult . ▪ You may be currently living with …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
CONSENTING ADULT — ■ noun an adult who willingly agrees to engage in a sexual act.
Concise Oxford English vocab
CONSENTING ADULT — noun a person who is considered old enough, by law, to decide whether they should agree to have sex; a …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADULT — I. noun ADJECTIVE ▪ young ▪ This book will definitely appeal to teenagers and young ~s. ▪ single ▪ The …
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ADULT — adult, plen-crescet; n. adulte
English interlingue dictionary
ADULT — I. əˈdəlt, ˈaˌdəlt also aˈd- or ˈad ə lt adjective Etymology: Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere to grow up, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONSENTING — (p. pr. & vb. n) of Consent
Английский словарь Webster
ADULT — (a.) Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; an adult …
Английский словарь Webster
CONSENTING — ( p. pr. & vb. n ) of Consent
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ADULT — ( a. ) Having arrived at maturity, or to full size and strength; matured; as, an adult person or plant; …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
ADULT — — adulthood , n. — adultlike , adj. — adultly , adv. — adultness , n. /euh dult", ad"ult/ , …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
CONSENTING — adj. that gave consent
Толковый словарь английского языка - Редакция bed
ADULT — I. ə-ˈdəlt, ˈa-ˌdəlt adjective Etymology: Latin adultus, past participle of adolescere to grow up, from ad- + -olescere (from alescere …
Merriam-Webster's Collegiate English vocabulary
CONSENTING — p.pr. & ·vb.n. of consent.
Webster English vocab
ADULT — noun a person, animal, or plant grown to full size and strength; one who has reached maturity. 2. adult ·adj …
Webster English vocab
ADULT — [adult] adj [L adultus, pp. of adolescere to grow up, fr. ad- + -olescere (fr. alescere to grow)--more at old] …
Merriam-Webster English vocab
ADULT — adult adjective, noun BrE AmE ˈæd ʌlt ə ˈdʌlt AmE \ ə ˈdʌlt ˈæd ʌlt ▷ adult|s s — Preference …
Longman Pronunciation English Dictionary
ADULT — / ˈædʌlt; NAmE ; əˈdʌlt/ noun , adjective ■ noun 1. a fully grown person who is legally responsible for …
Oxford Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADULT — I. ad ‧ ult 1 S2 W2 AC /ˈædʌlt, əˈdʌlt/ BrE AmE noun [countable] 1 . a fully-grown person, or …
Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
ADULT — adj. & n. --adj. 1 mature, grown-up. 2 a of or for adults (adult education). b euphem. sexually explicit; indecent …
Английский основной разговорный словарь
ADULT — adj. & n. adj. 1 mature, grown-up. 2 a of or for adults (adult education). b euphem. sexually explicit; indecent …
Concise Oxford English Dictionary
ADULT — adj. & n. --adj. 1. mature, grown-up. 2 a of or for adults (adult education). b euphem. sexually explicit; indecent …
Oxford English vocab
CONSENTING — A consenting adult is a person who is considered to be old enough to make their own decisions about who …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
ADULT — ( adults) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An adult is a …
Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
CONSENTING — A ~ adult is a person who is considered to be old enough to make their own decisions about who …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ADULT — (~s) Frequency: The word is one of the 1500 most common words in English. 1. An ~ is a mature, …
Collins COBUILD - Толковый словарь английского языка для изучающих язык
ADULT — I. noun COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES adult education (= for adults ) ▪ They run adult education classes at the …
Longman DOCE5 Extras English vocabulary
ADULT — [noun] [C], [adjective] - (a person or animal that is) grown to full size and strengthan adult male/elephant/sparrowShe spent most …
Cambridge English vocab
CONSENTING — Synonyms and related words : abject, accepting, accordant, acquiescent, acquiescing, admissive, affirmative, agreeable, agreed, agreeing, alacritous, allowing, amenable, approving, ardent, …
Moby Thesaurus English vocabulary
CONSENTING — adj.
Oxford Collocations Dictionary Second Edition
CONSENTING — adj. Consenting is used with these nouns: ↑ adult
Oxford Collocations English Dictionary
ADULT — INDEX: 1. adult 2. to become an adult 3. the time when someone is an adult RELATED WORDS opposite ↑ …
Longman Activator English vocab
ADULT — See ↑ ADULT 1, ↑ GROW 2, ↑ SEX 16
Longman Activator English vocab
ADULT — n. 25B6; adjective an adult woman : MATURE, grown-up, fully grown, full-grown, fully developed, of age. an adult movie : …
Concise Oxford Thesaurus English vocabulary
ADULT — adj. 1 mature, grown (up), full-grown, matured, of age Now that you are adult, you come into a large inheritance …
Oxford Thesaurus English vocab
ADULT — noun & adjective grown-up (person, animal); adolescents reach the adult stage about the age of eighteen or twenty
English Dictionary of Medicine
CONSENTING — Соглашение consenting разрешающий
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
ADULT — 1. сущ. взрослый, совершеннолетний, зрелый человек adult education ≈ обучение взрослых 2. прил. взрослый, зрелый, совершеннолетний Syn : mature взрослый; …
Большой Англо-Русский словарь
CONSENTING — Разрешение
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CONSENTING — Позволение
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
CONSENTING — Дозволение
Американский Англо-Русский словарь
ADULT — adult.ogg 1. ʹædʌlt,əʹdʌlt n 1. взрослый, совершеннолетний; зрелый человек courses for adults - школа для взрослых for adults only - …
Англо-Русско-Английский словарь общей лексики - Сборник из лучших словарей
ADULT — 1. ʹædʌlt,əʹdʌlt n 1. взрослый, совершеннолетний; зрелый человек courses for adults - школа для взрослых for adults only - детям …
Большой новый Англо-Русский словарь
ADULT — 1. сущ. взрослый, совершеннолетний, зрелый человек adult education — обучение взрослых 2. прил. взрослый, зрелый, совершеннолетний Syn: mature
Англо-Русский словарь по общей лексике
ADULT — 1. сущ. взрослый, совершеннолетний, зрелый человек adult education — обучение взрослых 2. прил. взрослый, зрелый, совершеннолетний Syn: mature
Англо-Русский словарь общей лексики
ADULT — совершеннолетний - corrigible adult - incorrigible adult - young adult
Англо-Русский юридический словарь
CONSENTING — Соглашение consenting разрешающий
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
ADULT — 1. сущ. взрослый, совершеннолетний, зрелый человек adult education ≈ обучение взрослых 2. прил. взрослый, зрелый, совершеннолетний Syn : mature взрослый; …
Новый большой Англо-Русский словарь
CLINICAL TRIAL — noun Date: 1946 a scientifically controlled study of the safety and effectiveness of a therapeutic agent (as a drug or …
Толковый словарь английского языка - Merriam Webster
SODOMY — Noncoital carnal copulation. Sodomy is a crime in some jurisdictions. Some sodomy laws, particularly in Middle Eastern countries and those …
Английский словарь Британика
GAY RIGHTS MOVEMENT — or homosexual rights movement Civil-rights movement that advocates equal rights for gay men, lesbians, bisexuals, and transsexuals. Supporters of gay …
Английский словарь Британика
DECLINE — I. də̇ˈklīn, dēˈ- verb ( -ed/-ing/-s ) Etymology: Middle English declinen, from Middle French decliner to inflect grammatically, turn aside, …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CONTENT — I. kənˈtent adjective Etymology: Middle English contente, content, from Middle French content, from Latin contentus, from past participle of continēre …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
CLINICAL TRIAL — noun : a scientific test of the effectiveness and safety of a therapeutic agent (as a drug or vaccine) using …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
TACITLY — adverb : in a tacit manner: as a. : without speaking : silently held his look, tacitly assuring him that …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
OSTENSIBLE PARTNER — noun : one who holds himself out as a member of an actual partnership or one apparently existing or consenting …
Webster's New International English Dictionary
WILLING — (v. t.) Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing to refuse; …
Английский словарь Webster
CONSENTANT — (a.) Consenting.
Английский словарь Webster
ACCEPT — (v. t.) To receive with a consenting mind (something offered); as, to accept a gift; -- often followed by of.
Английский словарь Webster
WILLING — ( v. t. ) Free to do or to grant; having the mind inclined; not opposed in mind; not choosing …
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
CONSENTANT — ( a. ) Consenting.
Webster's Revised Unabridged English Dictionary
WILLING — — willingly , adv. — willingness , n. /wil"ing/ , adj. 1. disposed or consenting; inclined: willing to go along. …
Random House Webster's Unabridged English Dictionary
SODOMY — noncoital carnal copulation. The term is understood in history, literature, and law in several senses: (1) as denoting any homosexual …
Britannica English vocabulary
HOMOSEXUAL RIGHTS MOVEMENT — also called gay rights movement, or gay liberation movement civil-rights movement that seeks to eliminate sodomy laws barring homosexual acts …
Britannica English vocabulary

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

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