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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

   • Y

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   • O

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   • U

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   • N

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   • Znaczenie Young, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     YOUNG definicja: 1. having lived or existed for only a short...

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     YOUNGSTER definition: 1. a young person, usually an older...

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   • Young: German Translation

     YOUNG translate: jung, die Jungen (pl.). Learn more in the...

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   Young can be an adjective meaning not old or inexperienced, or a noun meaning offspring or young people. It can also be a name of several people, such as Brigham Young, the Mormon leader, or Thomas Young, the physicist and Egyptologist.

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   Learn the meaning, pronunciation, synonyms, and usage of the word young in British and American English. Young can be an adjective, a noun, or a collective term for the offspring of an animal.