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young
English
Etymology
From Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ?eong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h?yuh?n??ós, from *h?yuh?en- (“young”).
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation, US) enPR: y?ng, IPA(key): /j??/
- Rhymes: -??
Adjective
young (comparative younger, superlative youngest)
- In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 23,[1]
- […] while the Fears of the People were young, they were encreas’d strangely by several odd Accidents […]
- 1722, Daniel Defoe, A Journal of the Plague Year, London: E. Nutt et al., p. 23,[1]
- (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
- 1906, Robertson Nicoll, Tis Forty Years Since, quoted in T. P.'s Weekly, volume 8, page 462:
- And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young,
- Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung.
- 1906, Robertson Nicoll, Tis Forty Years Since, quoted in T. P.'s Weekly, volume 8, page 462:
- Junior (of two related people with the same name).
- 1841, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
- The young Mr. Chester must be in the wrong, and the old Mr. Chester must be in the right.
- 1841, The Museum of Foreign Literature, Science, and Art:
- (of a decade of life) Early.
- 1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41,[2]
- […] Miss Hessy is as pretty a girl as eye can see, in her young twenties and a bit of a fortune to boot.
- 1965, Muriel Spark, The Mandelbaum Gate, London: Macmillan, Part One, Chapter 1,
- Ephraim would be in his young thirties.
- 2008, Alice Fisher, “Grown-up chic is back as high street goes upmarket,” The Guardian, 20 January, 2008,[3]
- […] while this may appeal to older, better-off shoppers, vast numbers, especially those in their teens and young twenties, still want fast, cheap fashion.
- 1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41,[2]
- Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
- Of or belonging to the early part of life.
- (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act I, Scene 1,[4]
- Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.
- c. 1599, William Shakespeare, As You Like It, Act I, Scene 1,[4]
Synonyms
- (born not long ago): youthful, junior; see also Thesaurus:young
- (having qualities of a young person): youthful, juvenile
- (of or belonging to the early part of life): juvenile
- (inexperienced): underdeveloped, undeveloped, immature
Antonyms
- (born not long ago): old, aged, grown up, senior, youthless, elderly
- (having qualities of a young person): aged, old, youthless, mature, elderly
- (of or belonging to the early part of life): senior, mature, elderly
- (inexperienced): mature, experienced, veteran
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
young (usually uncountable, plural young)
- People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
- The young of today are well-educated.
(Should we delete(+) this sense?)
- Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
- (rare, possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
- 2010, Mammal Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide, page 21:
- There is a logic in this behavior: a mother will not come into breeding condition again unless her young is ready to be weaned or has died, so killing a baby may hasten […]
- 2010, Mammal Anatomy: An Illustrated Guide, page 21:
Translations
Related terms
- youth
Verb
young (third-person singular simple present youngs, present participle younging, simple past and past participle younged)
- (informal or demography) To become or seem to become younger.
- (informal or demography) To cause to appear younger.
- (geology) To exhibit younging.
Middle English
Adjective
young
- Alternative form of yong
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child
English
Pronunciation
- enPR: ch?ld, ch???ld, IPA(key): /t??a?ld/, /?t??a?.?ld/
- Rhymes: -a?ld
Etymology 1
From Middle English child, from Old English ?ild (“fetus; female baby; child”), from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz (“womb; fetus”), from Proto-Indo-European *?elt- (“womb”). Cognate with Danish kuld (“brood, litter”), Swedish kull (“brood, litter”), Icelandic kelta, kjalta (“lap”), Gothic ???????????????????????? (kilþei, “womb”), Sanskrit ???? (jarta), ????? (jártu, “vulva”).
Alternative forms
- childe (archaic)
- (plural): childrens (intentionally incorrect, nonstandard); childs (nonstandard, rare)
Noun
child (plural children or (dialectal or archaic) childer)
- A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
- (obsolete, specifically) A female child, a girl.
- (with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter.
- (cartomancy) The thirteenth Lenormand card.
- (figuratively) A figurative offspring, particularly:
- A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
- Anything derived from or caused by something.
- (computing) A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another.
- 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed:
- The algorithm pops the stack to obtain a new current node when there are no more children (when it reaches a leaf).
- 2011, John Mongan, Noah Kindler, Eric Giguère, Programming Interviews Exposed:
- A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age.
- Alternative form of childe (“youth of noble birth”)
- (mathematics) A subordinate node of a tree
Synonyms
- (young person): See Thesaurus:child, Thesaurus:boy, & Thesaurus:girl
- (offspring): See offspring and Thesaurus:son and Thesaurus:daughter, binary clone, progeny, hybrid
- (descendant): See descendant
- (product of a place or era): product, son (male), daughter (female)
Antonyms
- (daughter or son): father, mother, parent
- (person below the age of adulthood): adult
- (data item, process or object in a subordinate role): parent
Derived terms
Related terms
- chield
- Child
- childe
- Childermas
Translations
See also
- orling
Etymology 2
From Middle English childen, from the noun child.
Verb
child (third-person singular simple present childs, present participle childing, simple past and past participle childed)
- (archaic, transitive, intransitive) To give birth; to beget or procreate.
Translations
Further reading
- Merriam-Webster's Online Dictionary (accessed November 2007).
- American Heritage Dictionary, Fourth Edition, Houghton Mifflin Company (2003).
Middle English
Alternative forms
- chyld, chylde, childe, chelde, cild
Etymology
From Old English ?ild, from Proto-Germanic *kelþaz.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /t?i?ld/
Noun
child (plural children or childre or child or childres)
- A baby, infant, toddler; a person in infancy.
- A child, kid; a young person.
- An offspring, one of one's progeny.
- A childish or stupid individual.
- (Chrisitanity) The Christ child; Jesus as a child.
- (figuratively) A member of a creed (usually with the religion in the genitive preposing it)
- A young male, especially one employed as an hireling.
- A young noble training to become a knight; a squire or childe.
- The young of animals or plants.
- A material as a result or outcome.
Related terms
Descendants
- English: child
- Scots: child; chield
References
- “ch?ld, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 2018-04-23.
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