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noun
- 1. a very young child or baby: "healthy infants"
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INFANT definition: 1. a baby or a very young child: 2. a student at an infant school: 3. → infant school: . Learn more.
An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. Infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning 'baby' or 'child') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term baby. The terms may also be used to refer to juveniles of other organisms. A newborn is, in colloquial use, an infant who is only hours, days, or up to one month old.
The meaning of INFANT is a child in the first period of life. How to use infant in a sentence. a child in the first period of life; a person who is not of full age : minor…
Infant definition: a child during the earliest period of their life, especially before they can walk; baby.. See examples of INFANT used in a sentence.
n. 1. A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk. 2. Law A person under the legal age of majority; a minor. 3. A very young nonhuman mammal, especially a primate. adj. 1. Of or being in infancy. 2. Intended for infants or young children. 3. Newly begun or formed: an infant enterprise.
Infant is most often used for a very young human, but you can also use it to talk about animal babies. People are considered infants from the moment of birth until approximately one year old, an age when many babies are starting to walk and talk.
Infants are children between the ages of five and seven, who go to an infant school. [ British ] You use the infants to refer to a school or class for such children.
noun. infants. A child in the earliest period of life, especially before he or she can walk. American Heritage Medicine. A very young child; baby. A chimpanzee infant. Webster's New World. A person in the state of legal infancy; minor. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A very young nonhuman mammal, especially a primate.
INFANT definition: a baby or very young child. Learn more.
a nursery for infants under two; their infant son; She was seriously ill as an infant. Mozart was an infant prodigy (= a young child with unusual ability). In North American English infant is only used for a baby, especially a very young one.
