Youngsters - 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:

We used to mix it with that ministry of food orange juice the bairns were issued around the 1950s.

noun

A child

noun

A male child or youth.

Usage examples:

A four-year-old boy

exclamation

Used to express strong feelings, especially of excitement or admiration.

Usage examples:

Oh boy, that's wonderful!

noun

A male child or, more generally, a male of any age

Usage examples:

A teenage/adolescent boy, as a young boy, my father used to walk three miles to school., you've bee…

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

noun

A person from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age

Usage examples:

Jan has a three-year-old child and two school-age children., now in their 60s, jerome and sally hav…

noun

A boy or girl from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age

Usage examples:

An eight-year-old child, as a child i didn't eat vegetables., a small group of children waited outs…

noun

A female child.

Usage examples:

A six-year-old girl

noun

A female child or, more generally, a female of any age

Usage examples:

Two little girls showed us around the kindergarten., the girls’ basketball team is undefeated., we …

noun

A female child or young woman, especially one still at school

Usage examples:

Two girls showed us round the classrooms.

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.

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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 boy or young man (often as a form of address).

Usage examples:

Come in, lad, and shut the door

noun

A boy or young man

noun

A girl or young woman.

Usage examples:

He married a lass from yorkshire

noun

A boy attending school.

Usage examples:

Schoolboy cricketers

noun

A boy who goes to school

Usage examples:

He recalled that he had a schoolboy crush on her (= liked her very much when he was a schoolboy).

noun

A girl attending school.

Usage examples:

If you're not among the 1,000 english and french private schoolgirls who attend classes at villa ma…

noun

A girl who goes to school

noun

A young man.

Usage examples:

He's a mere stripling

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

noun

A person aged between 13 and 19 years.

Usage examples:

As a teenager she discovered she had a talent for dance

noun

A person who is 13 through 19 years old

Usage examples:

They have two teenage sons.

noun

A young and inexperienced person considered to be presumptuous or overconfident.

Usage examples:

I know her better than you do, you young whippersnapper!

noun

A young person who is too confident and shows no respect towards other, especially older, people

Usage examples:

I'm not going to have some young whippersnapper tell me what to do!

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:

I was a fairly good football player in my youth., the first volume is the author's account of his m…

noun

The time when something is new or not fully developed

Usage examples:

It's hard to believe that such an influential film could have been made when cinema was still in it…