Will you be more ready than that when itâs time to talk to your daughter about her first period? That time may come sooner than you think. Although a girlâs first period usually occurs at about age 12, some girls experience their first period much earlier. And even before she gets her first period, your daughter will be noticing other changes in her body: Recent studies show that most girls start developing breast buds sometime between age 9 and 10.
A2 [ C ] the organ inside the head that controls thought, memory, feelings, and activity: Doctors tried desperately to reduce the swelling in her brain. The accident left him with permanent brain damage. His wife died from a brain tumour.
1. (Psychology) the capacity for understanding, thinking, and reasoning, as distinct from feeling or wishing. 2. a mind or intelligence, esp a brilliant one: his intellect is wasted on that job. 3. informal a person possessing a brilliant mind; brain. 4. those possessing the greatest mental power: the intellect of a nation. [C14: from Latin intellectus comprehension, intellect, from intellegere to understand; see intelligence]