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Meaning of infancy | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2 Specialized
ˈɪnfənsi

Definitions

  1. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking)
  2. The earliest period of childhood (crawling rather than walking).
    countable, uncountable
  3. The state of being an infant
  4. The state of being an infant.
    countable, uncountable
  5. An early stage in the development of anything
  6. An early stage in the development of anything.
    countable, figuratively, uncountable
  7. The state of being a minor
  8. The state of being a minor.
    countable, uncountable

Equivalents

Examples

“Space tourism is still in its infancy.”
“It was in November, 1932, in an endeavour to reduce working costs, that the first diesel railcar was introduced, and it was a far-sighted move on the part of Mr. D. N. McClure, for diesel propulsion on railways was then more or less in its infancy.”

CEFR level

C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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