Vocabulary
Adolescent
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.
Urdu meaning
جوانی، بالغ،بلوغت کی طرف بھڑتا ہوا
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Adolescent childbirths increase maternal mortality rates, and minor females suffer recurring reproductive health complications, stillbirths, and mental health consequences.
Dawn Editorials —
Legal progress
— 2026-02-14
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One in five adolescent girls becomes pregnant soon after marriage.Would the same men want their daughters or granddaughters married early if they fully understood the consequences?
Dawn Editorials —
Children betrayed
— 2026-02-06
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Dara Shikoh`s album in fact lauds the adolescent figures `as symbols of beauty` and the mullahs as Sufi divines.In some, the figure is modelled on Dara Shikoh himself, in dialogue with his Sufi master.
Dawn Editorials —
A prince`s piety
— 2025-11-13
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But rising anxiety, workplace burnout, adolescent depression and substance abuse are spreading faster than most governments can respond.In East Asia, the human toll is acute.
Dawn Editorials —
Frayed lives
— 2025-10-10
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It is shameful.The writer is a consultant child, adolescent and adult psychiatrist and founder & CEO at Synapse Pakistan Neuroscience Institute.Instagram: @lookslikeapsychiatrist
Dawn Editorials —
The philanthropy gap
— 2025-10-01
Synonyms
teenage, pubescent, teenaged, youthful, juvenile; young, informalteen
Curator example
“many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children”
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