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noun
- 1. a very young child or baby: "healthy infants"
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An infant or baby is the very young offspring of human beings. Infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning 'baby' or 'child' [1]) 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 ...
INFANT definition: 1. a baby or a very young child: 2. a student at an infant school: 3. → infant school: . Learn more.
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.
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.
noun. 1. a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before he or she can walk; baby. 2. Law. a person who is not of full age, esp. one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor. 3. a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice. The new candidate is a political infant.
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.
a baby or very young child. (Definition of infant from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) Translations of infant. in Chinese (Traditional) 嬰兒, 學校, 幼兒學校的學生… See more. in Chinese (Simplified) 婴儿, 学校, 幼儿学校的学生… See more. in Spanish. bebé, niño pequeño, niña pequeña… See more. in Portuguese.
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 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.
