youth
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology
Old English ġeoguþ, from West Germanic *juwunþ-, from a Germanic base corresponding to young + -th. Cognate with Dutch jeugd, German Jugend.
[edit] Pronunciation
[edit] Noun
youth (countable and uncountable; plural youths)
- (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
- Her youth and beauty is what attracted him to her.
- (uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.
- Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever.
- I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.
- (countable) A young person
- There were a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
- (countable) A young man
- (uncountable) (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively.
[edit] Synonyms
- (quality or state of being young): juvenility, youthfulness
- (young person): adolescent, child, kid, lad, teen, teenager, youngster
- (young man): boy, young man
- (young persons, collectively): adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, young people, youngsters
[edit] Antonyms
[edit] Derived terms
- fountain of youth
- middle youth, mid youth
- yoof
- youth club
- youth culture
- youthful
- youth hostel
- youth worker
- youthly
- youthy
[edit] Translations
quality or state of being young
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part of life following childhood
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young person
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young man
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young persons, collectively
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[edit] Statistics
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Most common English words before 1923: somewhat · figure · goes · #721: youth · sudden · usual · entirely