(UK, criminal law) An adult, such as a parent, guardian or social worker, whose role is to safeguard the interests of young or handicapped people detained by the police, and who must be present at suc
(UK, criminal law) An adult, such as a parent, guardian or social worker, whose role is to safeguard the interests of young or handicapped people detained by the police, and who must be present at such interviews.
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A person who has reached the legal age of majority.
(UK, Ireland, formal) Policies and actions for the protection of children and vulnerable adults.
(slang) Activities typically associated with adulthood.
Describes an object, habit, product, or behaviour that radiates the quiet, practical energy of someone who has their adult life together — not glamorous, not aspirational, just genuinely, reassuringly functional. A weekly pill organiser is adulting coded. So is owning a label maker, having a separate savings account for car maintenance, or buying the non-fancy version of something because it's actually better. Adulting coded things carry no irony — they're the honest, unsexy markers of a life being managed competently.