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Meaning of young in English youngadjective uk /jʌŋ/ us /jʌŋ/ Add to word list Add to word list A1 having lived or existed for only a short time and not old: young adults/children His girlfriend's very young. The trees in this part of the forest are still fairly young. Philippa is the youngest person in the family. Angela is two years younger than Clare. the Younger used after someone's name to show that they are the younger of two people who have the same name, especially a father and son: He played a large part in the administration of George Bush the Younger. See more suitable for young people: young fashion/ideasa bit/too young Be honest now - do you think this dress is a bit/too young for me (= is more suitable for someone younger)? look young for your age to look younger than you really are: I'm told that I look young for my age. See more
  • Jan is married with three young children.
  • A young girl came up to me and asked for money.
  • The team has several talented young players waiting in the wings.
  • He's a very versatile young actor who's as happy in horror films as he is in TV comedies.
  • The paper is targeted specifically at young people.
Describing people who are young
  • adolescent
  • adolescently
  • at your mother's knee idiom
  • be knee-high to a grasshopper idiom
  • flower
  • fresh-faced
  • juvenility
  • knee-high
  • little
  • mother
  • pre-puberty
  • prepubescent
  • pubescent
  • tender
  • tweenager
  • tweener
  • underage
  • ya
  • yoof
  • yute
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Idioms

not getting any younger young at heart young lady/man young love youngnoun [ plural ] uk /jʌŋ/ us /jʌŋ/ the young B2 young people considered together as a group: I have nothing against miniskirts, but I think they're strictly for the young. the babies of an animal: Meanwhile, the mother flies back to the nest to feed her young. Young people
  • adolescence
  • adolescent
  • baby
  • boyhood
  • emo
  • laddish
  • laddishness
  • larrikin
  • mall rat
  • minor
  • skinhead
  • Teddy boy
  • teen
  • teenager
  • teenybopper
  • tween
  • youth
  • youth culture
  • youth worker
  • yute
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Animal reproduction (Definition of young from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus © Cambridge University Press)

young | American Dictionary

youngadjective [ -er/-est only ] us /jʌŋ/ Add to word list Add to word list (esp. of something living) at an early stage of development or existence; not old: Young children should not be left alone at home. I work with wonderful young people mostly in their late teens. The new law creates a new driver’s license for those as young as 14. youngplural noun us /jʌŋ/ young people in general: Society can provide the young with valuable opportunities to help their communities. Young are the babies of an animal: The bird flew back to the nest to feed her young. (Definition of young from the Cambridge Academic Content Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

Examples of young

young Note : ' well ' refers to people with no limiting long-term illness ; ' younger ' refers to co-residents who are younger or the same age. From the Cambridge English Corpus Either or both of these could have caused the problem for the younger children. From the Cambridge English Corpus Although older participants made more errors than younger ones, there were no effects of language group at either age. From the Cambridge English Corpus Speci®cally, the younger learners were faster for the ungrammatical items but the older learners were faster for the grammatical items. From the Cambridge English Corpus First, the study examined preschool children who were younger than those tested in previous studies. From the Cambridge English Corpus In this group, the difference in the modal ages between older and younger sons was also 1 year. From the Cambridge English Corpus What also stands out is the difference in age between older and younger brothers. From the Cambridge English Corpus To view younger sons in the light of victims, however, is too simplistic. From the Cambridge English Corpus The younger generation not only challenged traditional patterns of daily journalistic practice, but tried to redefine the values and the mission of the profession. From the Cambridge English Corpus Oximetric studies were performed in six patients (one older and five younger patients) to determine the reversibility of an initially high pulmonary vascular resistance. From the Cambridge English Corpus In our study, these changes were significant for the 3 youngest age groups. From the Cambridge English Corpus In patients younger than one year of age, trauma was the most common diagnosis. From the Cambridge English Corpus There might be a tendency for the older person's life to be regarded as a standard to be met or exceeded by the younger one. From the Cambridge English Corpus In each example of this type the lateral unit comprised the youngest son's family. From the Cambridge English Corpus They could, however, have resulted from an increase in the proportion of the younger age-groups, for whom death-rates had always been particularly high. From the Cambridge English Corpus See all examples of young These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. What is the pronunciation of young?

Translations of young

in Chinese (Traditional) 幼小的, 年輕的, （適合）年輕人的… See more in Chinese (Simplified) 幼小的, 年轻的, （适合）年轻人的… See more in Spanish joven, juvenil, las crías de algo… See more in Portuguese jovem, crias, filhotes… See more in Marathi in Japanese in Turkish in French in Catalan in Dutch in Tamil in Hindi in Gujarati in Danish in Swedish in Malay in German in Norwegian in Urdu in Ukrainian in Telugu in Bengali in Czech in Indonesian in Thai in Vietnamese in Polish in Korean in Italian वयानी लहान असणे, प्राण्यांची पिल्ले… See more （人や生物が）若い, 若（わか）い, こども… See more genç, küçük, yavru… See more jeune, petit [masculine], petits… See more jove… See more jong… See more ஒரு குறுகிய காலத்திற்கு மட்டுமே வாழ்ந்த அல்லது இருந்த, ஆனால் பழையதல்ல, ஒரு விலங்கின் குட்டிகள்… See more युवा, छोटा, (पशु-पंछी के बच्चे) शावक… See more તરુણ, જુવાન, યુવાન… See more ung, lille, unge… See more ung, liten, ungar… See more muda, anak… See more jung, die Jungen (pl.)… See more ung, liten, unger [masculine… See more نو عمر, پرندوں اور جانوروں کے بچے… See more молодий, юний, молодняк… See more చిన్న వయసు, జంతువు పిల్లలు… See more তরুণ / তরুণী, যুবক / যুবতী, তুলনীয়ভাবে ছোটো… See more mladý, mladé… See more muda, anak… See more เยาว์วัย, ลูกอ่อน… See more non, trẻ, con non… See more młody, młode… See more 어린… See more giovane, piccoli… See more Need a translator?

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  • young adult
  • young blood
  • angry young man
  • Young Aspiring Professional
  • young offender institution
  • egg foo young, at egg foo yong
  • young lady/man idiom
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  • young lady/man idiom
  • young love idiom
  • young at heart idiom
  • Angry Young Men phrase
  • look young for your age phrase
  • an old/a wise head on young shoulders idiom
  • those whom the gods love die young idiom
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    • Adjective 
      • young
      • the Younger
      • look young for your age
    • Noun 
      • the young
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