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Definition of preadolescent in English: preadolescentadjective ˌpriːadəˈlɛs(ə)ntˌpriˌædlˈɛsənt 1(of a child) having nearly reached adolescence. Example sentencesExamples - Because his or her body is not ready yet, do not encourage your pre-adolescent child to participate in adult-style physical activity such as long jogs, using an exercise bike or treadmill, or lifting heavy weights.
- For having fought enemy armies, they were apparently helpless in the face of five pre-adolescent girls.
- It really was an pre-adolescent boy's world for a while.
- The qualities aimed for are those prized by pre-adolescent children: noise, distraction, and nervous excitement.
- It homogenises things around the key demographic of the show (adolescent and pre-adolescent kids, particularly girls) to an unfortunate degree - but hey - this is commercial TV.
- 1.1 Relating to the two or three years preceding adolescence.
Mozart's preadolescent sonatas
noun ˌpriːadəˈlɛs(ə)ntˌpriˌædlˈɛsənt A preadolescent child. Example sentencesExamples - She reveals, albeit incidentally, what makes ballroom practice so universal for these pre-adolescents: each wants to fit in and each has a keen desire to understand the adult world.
- Still other camps serve pre-adolescents who, bubbling and tripping along with enthusiasm and zeal, are clamoring to figure out the concept of ‘us.’
- When the war ends, the city is left with gangs of pre-adolescents armed to the teeth, who have neither qualms about murder nor basic reading and writing skills.
- It was hilarious nightmare fodder on a grand scale, the kind of misguided kiddy show that startled more pre-adolescents than it satisfied.
- Furthermore, the duration of the vaccine's effectiveness is not known, which means these pre-adolescents may end up needing boosters before they go off to college - when they'll be at a higher risk of catching the disease.
Derivativesnoun Before I knew what was happening, I was experiencing joy with a group of fellow human beings for the first time since pre-adolescence. Example sentencesExamples - This being pre-adolescence, I also rather liked the canvases smothered in greasy black spots.
- Parents and children were all buried together and although the parents lived to a decent old age they were unfortunate to lose their children, either in infancy, pre-adolescence or early adulthood.
- Or was he Peter Pan who wanted to live out this fantasy of always being young so that his development was arrested pre-adolescence?
- During pre-adolescence children are forming important social relationships.
Definition of preadolescent in US English: preadolescentadjectiveˌprēˌadlˈesəntˌpriˌædlˈɛsənt 1(of a child) having nearly reached adolescence. Example sentencesExamples - The qualities aimed for are those prized by pre-adolescent children: noise, distraction, and nervous excitement.
- Because his or her body is not ready yet, do not encourage your pre-adolescent child to participate in adult-style physical activity such as long jogs, using an exercise bike or treadmill, or lifting heavy weights.
- It really was an pre-adolescent boy's world for a while.
- It homogenises things around the key demographic of the show (adolescent and pre-adolescent kids, particularly girls) to an unfortunate degree - but hey - this is commercial TV.
- For having fought enemy armies, they were apparently helpless in the face of five pre-adolescent girls.
- 1.1 Relating to or occurring in the two or three years preceding adolescence.
Mozart's preadolescent sonatas
nounˌprēˌadlˈesəntˌpriˌædlˈɛsənt A preadolescent child. Example sentencesExamples - Still other camps serve pre-adolescents who, bubbling and tripping along with enthusiasm and zeal, are clamoring to figure out the concept of ‘us.’
- Furthermore, the duration of the vaccine's effectiveness is not known, which means these pre-adolescents may end up needing boosters before they go off to college - when they'll be at a higher risk of catching the disease.
- She reveals, albeit incidentally, what makes ballroom practice so universal for these pre-adolescents: each wants to fit in and each has a keen desire to understand the adult world.
- It was hilarious nightmare fodder on a grand scale, the kind of misguided kiddy show that startled more pre-adolescents than it satisfied.
- When the war ends, the city is left with gangs of pre-adolescents armed to the teeth, who have neither qualms about murder nor basic reading and writing skills.
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