children
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[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
children pl. (irregular plural of child)
- More than one son or daughter, or none. Offspring.
- Do you have children?
- Yes, I have three children.
- No, I have no children.
- More than one young person, or none.
- There are no children absent from classes today
- Members of a tribe.
- The children of Israel
- (figuratively) Things or abstractions derived from or caused by something.
- Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war.
- 1991, Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie (title)
[edit] Synonyms
- (more than one son or daughter): kids (people, goats), offspring, spawn (fish, frogs), litter (dogs, etc)
- (more than one young person): boys and girls, brats
- (members of a tribe): kinfolk, clan
- (figurative derivation): product
[edit] Translations
more than one son or daughter
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young people
