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New2grammar Posted 19 years ago
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names of different age groups

0fetus (unborn) -> infant (< 1 year) -> toddler (between 1 to 2 years) -> kid (before puberty)-> teenager (after puberty but < 19 years) -> young adult (between 19 to 25 years) -> simply called adult?? -> middle aged person( 40-60) -> senior citizens?? -> body (dead 05000)02br
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00Could someone help me in verifying my understanding of names of different age groups? Where in the timeline should I fit 'adolescent', 'baby', 'child', 'grown-up'?010id4
  

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0There aren't really any set transition points apart from teenager, which strictly applies to all of the ages ending in 'teen' so from thirteen to nineteen. 02br 02br 00I'd say a child becomes a toddler when it starts to walk, before that it is a baby. Then child from about 3 or 4 years old (kid is slang) but that goes on to overlap with young teenagers.

— Nona the brit

  • 0There aren't really any set transition points apart from teenager, which strictly applies to all of the ages ending in 'teen' so from thirteen to nineteen.
  • 02br 02br 00I'd say a child becomes a toddler when it starts to walk, before that it is a baby.
  • Then child from about 3 or 4 years old (kid is slang) but that goes on to overlap with young teenagers.
  • I'd say a 14 year old is both a child and a teenager.
  • Young adult - this gets used to describe maybe 16-22 ish year olds.
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0There aren't really any set transition points apart from teenager, which strictly applies to all of the ages ending in 'teen' so from thirteen to nineteen. Puberty has nothing to do with it.02br
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00I'd say a child becomes a toddler when it starts to walk, before that it is a baby. Then child from about 3 or 4 years old (kid is slang) but that goes on to overlap with youn
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0 Nona, thanks for the detailed explanation! Now, I have a good idea when to use what. 0-
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1b01font00Age distinctions are often something like 20 and older/over or younger/under. Currently we also hear "60 and better".02font02b0-
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Hi there stanger

Adolescent is a stage not a age group anywhere it normally happens at the age of 15 to 19

Baby is an infant

Child is a toddlers but as for mothers they will always call their children "child" until they die because even when they've got children in their mom's eyes they are still children.

Grown up is 19 to 25 that means he/she is now a big boy
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Children upto 9 years of age

Adolescents 10-19 years

Adults 20-45 years

Middle age 46-60 years

Old > 60
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Fetus (Unborn), Newborn (Birth - 1 month), Baby (1 month and 1 day - 2 years), Toddler (3 - 5), Kid (6 - 9),
Pre-Teen (10 - 12), Teenager (13 - 17), Young Adult (18 - 20), Adult (21 - 39), Young Middle-Aged Adult (40 - 49),
Middle-Aged Adult (50 - 54), Very Young Senior Citizen (55 - 64), Young Senior Citizen (65 - 74),
Senior Citizen (75 - 84), Old Senior Citizen (85+)
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senior citizen(from 60 up)
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baby- 0-2
toddler-2-5
kid-5-8
***-8-13
teen-13-19
adult-21-25
young mom-25-35
mom-35-45
old mom-45-55
young grandma-55-65
grandma-65-75
old grandma-75-85
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adolescent -12 to 18;child 3-8;preadolescent 9-12
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People keep posting ideas, some of them strange (adult 20-44/21-39/21-25 !). As far as British English is concerned, the post submitted by nona the brit five years ago is as good a one as you'll get.
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