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come of age (third-person singular simple present comes of age, present participle coming of age, simple past came of age, past participle come of age)
- (idiomatic) To reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult.
- (idiomatic, by extension) To mature, or become fully developed.
2008, BioWare, Mass Effect, Redwood City: Electronic Arts, →ISBN, →OCLC, PC, scene: Profile Codex entry:Eager to find a better life, you joined the Alliance military when you came of age. You volunteered for an expedition to Akuze: a lush world on the outskirts of Alliance space that had suddenly dropped out of contact.
reach a specific age where one is legally considered to be an adult
- Arabic: بَلَغَ رُشْدَهُ (balaḡa rušdahu)
- Azerbaijani: büluğa çatmaq
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 成年 (zh) (chéngnián)
- Finnish: tulla täysi-ikäiseksi
- French: atteindre la majorité
- German: volljährig werden
- Greek: ηλικιώνομαι (el) (ilikiónomai)
- Hebrew: התבגר m sg pf (hitbagér), הגיע לבגרות m sg pf (higía l'vagrút, literally “to come to adulthood”), הגיע לגיל m sg pf (higía l'gíl, literally “to come to age”), נעשה מבוגר m sg pf (na'asá mevugár, literally “to become an adult”)
- Hungarian: nagykorú lesz
- Ido: adulteskar (io)
- Indonesian: berumur (id)
- Irish: aosaigh
- Italian: diventare maggiorenne
- Japanese: 成人になる (seijin ni naru), 成人する (ja) (seijin suru)
- Polish: dorastać (pl) impf, dorosnąć (pl) pf
- Romanian: a ajunge la majorat
- Russian: стать совершеннолетним (statʹ soveršennoletnim), достичь совершеннолетия (dostičʹ soveršennoletija)
- Scottish Gaelic: thig gu ìre
- Spanish: alcanzar la mayoría de edad
- Swedish: bli myndig
- Tibetan: ན་ཚོད་དར (na tshod dar), ན་ཚོད་ལོངས (na tshod longs), སྐུ་ན་སོན (sku na son) (honorific)
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mature, or become fully developed
