Young - English meaning

adjective

(of a young person) in the process of developing from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Many parents find it hard to understand their adolescent children

noun

An adolescent boy or girl.

Usage examples:

The books are aimed at children and adolescents

adjective

Between the ages of a child and an adult

Usage examples:

The two adolescent boys made their mother very tired., [ c ] he had an unhappy adolescence., i teac…

noun

A child

Usage examples:

Keeping your house pristine for potential buyers is not easy when you have two ankle-biters., the l…

noun

A sexually attractive young woman.

Usage examples:

He's been pumping up his pecs to impress the babes

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

His wife's just had a baby

verb

Treat (someone) as a baby; pamper or be overprotective towards.

Usage examples:

Her aunt babied her and fussed over her clothes

adjective

Comparatively small or immature of its kind.

Usage examples:

A baby version of the oxford movement

adjective

Typical of or suitable for a baby; childish.

Usage examples:

He pursed his mouth into a babyish pout

adjective

Only suitable for a baby or typical of a baby

Usage examples:

Aren’t those toys a little babyish for him?, babyish behavior

adjective

Of, like, or characteristic of a male child or young man.

Usage examples:

His boyish charm

adjective

(of an adult) having the good qualities, such as innocence, associated with a child.

Usage examples:

She speaks with a childlike directness

adjective

(of adults) showing the good qualities that children have, such as trusting people, being honest and enthusiastic

Usage examples:

A childlike innocence/quality, all her life she had a childlike trust in other people.

noun

A young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.

Usage examples:

She'd been playing tennis since she was a child

Pl of child

noun

A girl or woman in relation to either or both of her parents.

Usage examples:

Another possibility is that the findings reveal a reciprocal relationship between daughters and the…

noun

A female child in relation to her parents

Usage examples:

We have a son and a daughter.

noun

A person, plant, or animal that is descended from a particular ancestor.

Usage examples:

She's a descendant of charles darwin

noun

A person related to someone from an earlier generation (= all the people of about the same age within a particular family)

Usage examples:

The pennsylvania dutch are descendants of early german immigrants.

noun

A group of one or more parents and their children living together as a unit.

Usage examples:

The family lived in a large house with a lot of land

adjective

Designed to be suitable for children as well as adults.

Usage examples:

A family newspaper

noun

A social group of parents, children, and sometimes grandparents, uncles, aunts, and others who are related

Usage examples:

[ c ] her family moved here when she was eleven., [ u ] many people cope with the demands of both c…

adjective

Of or characteristic of a girl.

Usage examples:

Girlish giggles

adjective

Girlish behaviour or characteristics are typical of a girl

Usage examples:

A girlish laugh, his eyelashes were long and girlish.

noun

A person legally entitled to the property or rank of another on that person's death.

Usage examples:

His eldest son and heir

adjective

Not fully developed.

Usage examples:

Many of the fish caught are immature

adjective

Not completely developed physically, mentally, or emotionally, or lacking the expected type of responsible behavior for your age

Usage examples:

Some of the boys in my class are so immature – they’re always doing silly things., physical/emotion…

noun

An important topic or problem for debate or discussion.

Usage examples:

The issue of racism

verb

Supply or distribute (something) for use or sale.

Usage examples:

Licences were issued indiscriminately to any company

noun

A subject or problem that people are thinking and talking about

Usage examples:

There continues to be a great deal of debate over the property tax issue., isn’t the need to hire m…

adjective

For or denoting young or younger people.

Usage examples:

Junior tennis

noun

A person who is a specified number of years younger than someone else.

Usage examples:

He's five years her junior

adjective

Less advanced, or lower in rank

Usage examples:

The junior varsity, alfredo is a junior partner in the law firm., he was born in april, so he’s thr…

adjective

For or relating to young people.

Usage examples:

Juvenile crime

noun

A young person.

Usage examples:

It promises efforts to correct behavioural problems among juveniles and to adopt changes to educati…

adjective

Of, by, or for a young person who is not yet an adult

Usage examples:

He studied both adult and juvenile crime.

noun

A young child.

Usage examples:

I think he gave very fair reasons and i fully understand them, i've got two young kiddies myself.

noun

A young child

Usage examples:

We have soda for the kiddies.

noun

A child or young person.

Usage examples:

She collected the kids from school

verb

(of a goat) give birth.

Usage examples:

Milk fever usually occurs in heavy milkers shortly after kidding

verb

Deceive (someone) in a playful way; tease.

Usage examples:

You're kidding me!

noun

A child.

Usage examples:

I was force-fed vegetables as a nipper

noun

A person's child or children.

Usage examples:

The offspring of middle-class parents

noun

The young of an animal, or a person’s children

Usage examples:

Champion horses have numerous offspring.

noun

A descendant or the descendants of a person, animal, or plant; offspring.

Usage examples:

Shorthorn cattle are highly effective in bestowing their characteristics on their progeny

noun

A young shoot or twig of a plant, especially one cut for grafting or rooting.

Usage examples:

Rose wilt was long thought to be a suspected viral disease caused by grafting scions onto imported …

noun

A young member of a rich and famous family

noun

A boy or man in relation to either or both of his parents.

Usage examples:

Throughout their relationship, they had been the main parents to four sons, all of whom had been co…

noun

A baby or young child

Usage examples:

She's got a couple of sprogs now., has she sprogged yet?

noun

A person or thing that succeeds another.

Usage examples:

Schoenberg saw himself as a natural successor to the german romantic school

noun

Someone or something that follows and takes the job, place, or position that was held by another

Usage examples:

The company will announce the appointment of a successor to its retiring chairman at the next board…

noun

Someone or something that comes after another person or thing

Usage examples:

Successor to sb/sth she has been appointed successor to the retiring chief executive., network rail…

noun

The years of a person's age from 13 to 19.

Usage examples:

They were both in their late teens

adjective

Relating to teenagers.

Usage examples:

A teen idol

suffix

Forming the names of numerals from 13 to 19.

Usage examples:

Fourteen

adjective

Denoting a person between 13 and 19 years old.

Usage examples:

A teenage girl

adjective

Aged between 13 and 19

Usage examples:

A teenage nephew, teenage girls, teenage magazines, teenage angst

adjective

Between 13 and 19 years old.

Usage examples:

Crowds of screaming teenaged girls

noun

A person who is 13 through 19 years old

Usage examples:

They have two teenage sons.

suffix

Forming ordinal and fractional numbers from four onwards.

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Fifth

suffix

(forming nouns from verbs) denoting an action or process.

Usage examples:

Birth

suffix

Variant spelling of -eth2 (as in doth ).

noun

A very young child.

Usage examples:

Dancing classes for tiny tots

verb

Add up numbers or amounts.

Usage examples:

She totted up some figures

verb

Salvage saleable items from dustbins or rubbish heaps.

Usage examples:

There was only a bent figure of a man totting among the refuse

abbreviation

Year(s).

Usage examples:

Orbital period (pluto): 248.5y

suffix

(forming adjectives from nouns and adjectives) full of; having the quality of.

Usage examples:

Messy

suffix

Forming diminutive nouns, pet names, etc.

Usage examples:

Aunty

noun

A child, young person, or young animal.

Usage examples:

Members are organising a transport survey to find out how youngsters get to school.

noun

A young person

Usage examples:

The program was designed to find summer jobs for city youngsters ages 14 to 21.

adjective

Young or seeming young.

Usage examples:

People aspiring to remain youthful

adjective

Characteristic of young people, or relating to the period of life when you are young

Usage examples:

Her youthful enthusiasm always makes her seem ageless., her voice has just the right mix of maturit…

noun

The period between childhood and adult age.

Usage examples:

He had been a keen sportsman in his youth

noun

The period of your life when you are young, or the state of being young

Usage examples:

[ u ] i was a good football player in my youth., [ u ] it’s quite a job, training the youth of the …