The meaning of Youth

noun

The period following the onset of puberty during which a young person develops from a child into an adult.

Usage examples:

Mary spent her childhood and adolescence in europe

noun

The period of time in a person's life when they are developing into an adult

Usage examples:

She had a troubled adolescence., yet another novel about the joys and sorrows of adolescence

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 flower, especially one cultivated for its beauty.

Usage examples:

An exotic bloom

verb

Produce flowers; be in flower.

Usage examples:

A chalk pit where cowslips bloomed

verb

Make (iron, steel, etc.) into a bloom.

Usage examples:

A steel slab comprising the above constituents is produced by preparing the steel in a converter fo…

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

The state or time of being a boy.

Usage examples:

He has been passionate about cars since boyhood

noun

The time when someone was a boy

Usage examples:

Much of his boyhood was spent in europe.

noun

The period when a person is a boy, and not yet a man, or the state of being a boy

Usage examples:

I had a very happy boyhood., the transition from boyhood to manhood can be a confusing period., it …

noun

An insulting word for someone, usually a young person, whose way of dressing, speaking, and behaving is thought to show their lack of education and low social class

noun

The state or period of being a child.

Usage examples:

He spent his childhood in lewes

noun

The time when a person is a child

Usage examples:

[ c ] she spent most of her childhood on a farm in texas.

noun

Each of the twenty-four-hour periods, reckoned from one midnight to the next, into which a week, month, or year is divided, and corresponding to a rotation of the earth on its axis.

Usage examples:

They only met a few days ago

Time for earth to make a complete rotation on its axis

noun

A young bird that has just fledged.

Usage examples:

Only female hummingbirds are involved in parental care; they must incubate eggs, brood young hatchl…

adjective

New and not experienced

Usage examples:

Still in his teens, he pursued his fledgling career in journalism.

adjective

A fledgling company or industry is a fairly new one with little experience in a business activity

Usage examples:

Many fledgling companies need financial assistance., one of those fledgeling industries in the area…

noun

The state or time of being a girl.

Usage examples:

They had been friends since girlhood

noun

The period of time when a female person is a child

Usage examples:

She lived in chicago during her girlhood.

noun

The period of a person's or thing's greatest success, popularity, activity, or vigour.

Usage examples:

The paper has lost millions of readers since its heyday in 1964

noun

A period of great success, popularity, or power

Usage examples:

In its heyday, pittsburgh was a center of the steel and coal industries.

noun

A hooded sweatshirt, jacket, or other top.

Usage examples:

Sporty track pants and lurex-striped hoodies

noun

A sweatshirt (= cotton clothing for the upper body) that has a hood to cover the head

noun

A period of time equal to a twenty-fourth part of a day and night and divided into 60 minutes.

Usage examples:

An extra hour of daylight in the winter evenings

noun

The state of being immature or not fully grown.

Usage examples:

The immaturity of the immune system in very young children makes them especially vulnerable

noun

Behaviour that is not as calm and wise as people expect from someone of your age

Usage examples:

Emotional immaturity, he faced looming middle age with selfish immaturity., the minister’s bad temp…

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 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 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

adjective

Lesser in importance, seriousness, or significance.

Usage examples:

She requested a number of minor alterations

noun

A person under the age of full legal responsibility.

Usage examples:

The court would take account of the minor's wishes

verb

Short for minor suit.

Usage examples:

A bid of two no trumps shows strength in the minors

abbreviation

Page.

Usage examples:

See p 784

symbol

(in units of measurement) pico- (10−12).

Usage examples:

A 220 pf capacitor

noun

The sixteenth letter of the alphabet.

Usage examples:

Let’s have an ‘s’ for speedy, and a ‘p’ for polly, intertwined on the top of the cake, in red frost…

adjective

Of first importance; main.

Usage examples:

A nurse's prime concern is the well-being of the patient

noun

The state or time of greatest vigour or success in a person's life.

Usage examples:

You're in the prime of life

verb

Make (something) ready for use or action.

Usage examples:

He grabbed a gun from a nearby wall and primed it

noun

An electric razor.

Usage examples:

In his new post, he oversees all functions of lighters, shavers, writing instruments and white-out …

noun

A device, esp. an electric one, used to shave

noun

The season of spring.

Usage examples:

The sounds of lambing in springtime

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

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

Usage examples:

They were both in their late teens

plural noun

The years when you are 13 through 19 years old

Usage examples:

He hosted his own radio show while still in his teens., temperatures today will range from the teen…

noun

The indefinite continued progress of existence and events in the past, present, and future regarded as a whole.

Usage examples:

Travel through space and time

verb

Plan, schedule, or arrange when (something) should happen or be done.

Usage examples:

The first track race is timed for 11.15

noun

The seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks, months, years, etc., in which existence is measured, or the past, present, and future considered as a whole

Usage examples:

I really don’t have time to call her today., the children spent most of their time outdoors., we’d …

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

A child, young person, or young animal.

Usage examples:

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