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   youth

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   noun

   • 1. the period between childhood and adult age: "he had been a keen sportsman in his youth" Similar early yearsearly lifeyoung daysteensteenage yearsadolescencepreadolescenceyoung adulthoodboyhoodgirlhoodchildhoodimmaturityprimeheydaydayhourtimespringtimesalad daysbloompeakpinnacleheightminorityrare:juvenilityjuvenescenceOpposite adulthoodold age
   • ▪ the qualities of vigour, freshness, or immaturity as associated with being young: "she imagined her youth and beauty fading" Similar youthfulnessyoungnessfreshnessbloomOpposite maturity
   • ▪ an early stage in the development of something: "this publishing sector is no longer in its youth"
   • 2. a young man: "he was attacked by a gang of youths" Similar young manboyladyoungsterjuvenileteenageradolescentjuniorminoryoung onestriplingwhippersnapperfledglingbairninformal:kidchavhoodieteenshaverOpposite old man
   • ▪ young people considered as a group: "youth culture" Similar young peopleyoungyounger generationrising generationnext generationinformal:kidsOpposite elderly

   Word Origin Old Englishgeoguth, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jeugd, German Jugend, also to young.

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   What is youth noun?

   • Definition of youth noun from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary [uncountable] the time of life when a person is young, especially the time before a child becomes an adult in somebody's youth He had been a talented musician in his youth. She regrets that she spent her youth travelling and not studying.

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   What do you mean by youth?

   • 1. the quality or condition of being young, immature, or inexperienced: his youth told against him in the contest. 3. the freshness, vigour, or vitality characteristic of young people: youth shone out from her face. 4. any period of early development: the project was in its youth. 6.

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   What is the difference between youth and adolescent?

   • Students of a U.S. university do an outdoor class, where they discuss topics while walking. Around the world, the English terms-- youth, adolescent, teenager, kid, youngster and young person, are interchanged, often meaning the same thing, but they are occasionally differentiated. Youth can be referred to as the time of life, when one is young.

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   What does youth mean in a sentence?

   • Blossom Word Game Pick the best words! Spelling Bee Quiz Can you outdo past winners of the National Spelli... 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.

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   What is a person's youth?

   • 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. Youth is the quality or state of being young. Gregory was still enchanted with Shannon's youth and joy and beauty.

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   What is a young person?

   • the condition of being young. the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young. His youth was spent on the farm. the period of life from puberty to the attainment of full growth; adolescence. The business, even in its youth, showed great potential. young persons collectively.

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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 ( maturity ), but it can also refer to one's peak, in terms of health or the period of life known as being a young adult.

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   the time of being young; early life: His youth was spent on the farm. Synonyms: immaturity, minority. Antonyms: maturity. the period of life from puberty to the attainment of full growth; adolescence. the first or early period of anything: The business, even in its youth, showed great potential.

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   Youth is the condition or quality of being young, immature, or inexperienced. It can also refer to the period of life between childhood and maturity, or to young people collectively. See synonyms, antonyms, and usage examples of youth.