adult daughter

collocation in English

meaningsofadultanddaughter

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adult
adjective
uk
/ˈæd.ʌlt/us
/ˈæd.ʌlt/
grown to full size ...
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daughter
noun[C]
uk
/ˈdɔː.tər/us
/ˈdɑː.t̬ɚ/
your ...
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(Definition ofadultanddaughterfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Most (22) lived in a different house from theadultdaughterwho participated in the study.
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Anadultdaughteror sister, acting as a confidant, provides emotional security, and friendship activities are not missed.
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She looks after heradultdaughter, who is severely disabled and a wheelchair user.
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In a large number of cases the increase granted in respect of the child has been taken from an adult son or anadultdaughter.
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There was a great deal of anxiety on her part because she was over 10 years his senior and had anadultdaughter.
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He is meanwhile haunted by his dysfunctional relationship with his ownadultdaughter, a drug addict.
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She has oneadultdaughterand two grandchildren.
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His wife andadultdaughterwere taken captive for about three weeks.
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He and his wife have oneadultdaughter.
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He is married and has anadultdaughter.
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She later joined an adoption registry and re-united with her thenadultdaughterin 1997.
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Fovargue is married with oneadultdaughter.
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Angela'sadultdaughtertells her that she was the only person who didn't know about the affair which has been going on long term.
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Patterns of parent care when adult daughters work and when they do not.
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Foster did say that heradultdaughterand estranged husband had access to the account, and may have been responsible for the infringement.
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A multivariate comparison of the involvement of adult sons versus adult daughters in the care of impaired parents.
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Kneeling to the left is their adult son and an infant child, whilst on the right kneels theiradultdaughterwith a recubant infant at her side.
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Anadultdaughtermight wish to become a votary, perhaps in preference to an uncongenial marriage, and it seems that her father could not refuse her wish.
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The social context of grief among adult daughters who have lost a parent.
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Patterns of parent-care when adult daughters work and when they do not.
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