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   young

   /jʌŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. having lived or existed for only a short time: "a young girl" Similar youthfuljuvenilejunioradolescentteenageteenagedimmaturechildlikebabyishboyishgirlishin the springtime of lifein one's salad daysinformal:teenyoung peopleyouthschildrenboys and girlsyoungstersyoung onesthe younger generationthe next generationjuvenilesminorsschoolboysschoolgirlswhippersnappersstriplingsinformal:kidskiddiesyoung 'unsladslassesOpposite oldelderlymature
   • ▪ not as old as the norm or as would be expected: "more people were dying young" Similar youthfuljuvenilejunioradolescentteenageteenagedimmaturechildlikebabyishboyishgirlishin the springtime of lifein one's salad daysinformal:teenOpposite oldelderlymature
   • ▪ relating to or consisting of young people: "young love"
   • ▪ immature or inexperienced: "she's very young for her age"
   • ▪ having the qualities associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism: "all those who are young at heart"
   • 2. used to denote the younger of two people of the same name: "Pitt the Younger"
   • ▪ denoting the heir of a landed commoner: Scottish "Hugh Magnus Macleod, younger of Macleod"

   noun

   • 1. offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth: "many grebes carry their young on their backs" Similar offspringprogenyfamilychildrenissuelittle onesyoungstersbabiessonsdaughtersheirsdescendantssuccessorsscionsinformal:kidskiddiesnipperstotstiniessprogsrug ratsankle-bitersliterary:babesthe fruit of one's loinsrare:progeniture

   Word Origin Old Englishg(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis.

   Derivatives

   • 1. youngish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   What does young mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! YOUNG definition: 1. having lived or existed for only a short time and not old: 2. used after someone's name to show…. Learn more.

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   What is a young person?

   • A young person, animal, or plant has not lived or existed for very long and is not yet mature. In Scotland, young people can marry at 16. You weren't so very young when she died; you were old enough to remember. ...a field of young barley. He played with his younger brother. The young are people who are young.

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   What is young adjective?

   • Definition of young adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary having lived or existed for only a short time; not fully developed Young babies need to be wrapped up warmly. Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. It's a young wine, not really up to drinking yet. The night is still young (= it has only just started).

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   What does young mean in astrology?

   • Young is the most general, applying to various periods of life, generally before middle age, as well as to inanimate entities: a young child; a young couple; a young galaxy. It can suggest a youthful attitude or outlook regardless of chronological age: young at heart.

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