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    Grow up
    • advance to maturity; develop into an adult
    • begin to behave or think sensibly and realistically
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  3. If you say that someone is grown up, you mean that they are an adult or that they behave in a responsible way: He seems very grown up for a ten-year-old. This book is a bit too grown up for you (= you are too young to understand this book). [ before noun ] She has two grown-up children who work in the family business.

  4. The meaning of GROWN-UP is not childish or immature : adult. How to use grown-up in a sentence. not childish or immature : adult; of, for, or characteristic of adults

  5. 2 days ago · 1. countable noun. A grown-up is an adult; used by or to children . Jan was almost a grown-up. Tell children to tell a grown-up if they're being bullied. Synonyms: adult, man, woman More Synonyms of grown-up. 2. adjective. Someone who is grown-up is physically and mentally mature and no longer depends on their parents or another adult.

  6. an adult, used especially when talking to children: Ask a grown-up to cut the shape out for you. grown-up. adjective. uk / ˌɡrəʊnˈʌp / us. B2. with the physical and mental development of an adult: Jenny has a grown-up son of 24. (Definition of grown-up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of grown-up.

  7. 5 days ago · GROWNUP definition: a mature , fully grown person; adult | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples.

  8. 1. First recorded in 1805–15; noun use of verb phrase grow up. Other definitions for grown-up (2 of 2) grown-up. [ grohn- uhp ] adjective. having reached the age of maturity. characteristic of or suitable for adults: grown-up behavior; grown-up fiction. Origin of grown-up. 2.

  9. Grownup definition: . See examples of GROWNUP used in a sentence.

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