Coming of age is reaching the age at which you count as an adult. A coming of age ceremony, a coming of age story, on coming of age.
The age itself is set differently for every purpose, so the same person may vote, marry, drink and be tried as an adult at four different ages. As a genre label a coming of age story is about the loss of childhood rather than about a birthday.
1phrasecoming of ageReaching the age at which you count as an adult.
“The village threw a big party to celebrate her coming of age at eighteen.”
coming of age is a milestone.
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