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- Dictionaryyouth/juːθ/
noun
- 1. the period between childhood and adult age: "he had been a keen sportsman in his youth" Similar Opposite
- 2. a young man: "he was attacked by a gang of youths" Similar Opposite
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Youth is the time of life when one is young. The word, youth, can also mean the time between childhood and adulthood , but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult.
Definition of youth. For statistical purposes, the United Nations defines ‘youth’ as persons aged between 15 and 24. However, this definition is not universal. As the experience of being young can vary substantially across the world, between countries and regions, we consider ‘youth’ as a flexible category.
Sep 1, 2017 · Mauliya et al. (2020) Sethuramalingam (2017) states that youth can be characterized as transitioning from childhood to maturity. The youth stage could begin at age ten and last...
The meaning of YOUTH is the time of life when one is young; especially : the period between childhood and maturity. How to use youth in a sentence.
B2 [ S or U ] the period of your life when you are young, or the state of being young: I was a fairly good football player in my youth. The first volume is the author's account of his misspent youth in the bars of Dublin. He looks like a man who's found the secret to eternal youth (= staying young).
youth. (juːθ ) Word forms: youths (juːðz ) 1. uncountable noun [usually poss NOUN] B2. Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor. ...the comic books of my youth.
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You can use the noun youth in several ways — you might refer to a kid as a youth, describe the group of teenagers hanging out downtown as youth, or talk about the time in your life when you were young and carefree as your youth.
