Meaning of young | Babel Free

Definitions

1. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
2. young, youthful
3. Pregnant. Used of an animal.
4. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
5. youth, young person, youngster
6. with young, (of an animal) pregnant.
7. advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
8. Being in an early period of growth or development:green, immature, infant, juvenile, youthful.
9. Junior (of two related people with the same name).
10. in the first part of life, growth, development etc; not old. a young person; Young babies sleep a great deal; A young cow is called a calf. jong ناشئ، صَغير السِّن، فَتى، شاب млад jovem mladý jung ung; lille νέος, νεαρόςjoven noor, vastsündinud جوان nuori jeuneצעיר तरुण, किशोर, जवान mlad fiatal, ifjú muda ungur giovane 若い 젊은 jaunas jauns; mazs muda jongung, liten, små- młody ځوان، ځلمى، ژڼى، وړوكى، بې تجربې، ناپوه كمزورى، نوى، تازه، اوسنى jovem tânăr молодой mladý mlad mlad ung, liten เยาว์วั...
    etc
11. Early. (of a decade of life)
12. the group of animals or birds produced by parents. Most animals defend their young. kleintjies صِغار، أبْناء малки filhotes mladé die Jungen (pl.) unge νεογνά, μικρά crías järglased بچه ها poikaset petits צֶאצַאִים छोटा, अल्पवयस्क mladunci kölyök anak ungar piccoli 動物の子 젊은이들 jaunikliai mazuļi anak jongunge, avkommłode ځلميان، ځوانان، بچى، چيچيان filhotes puii детёныши; птенцы mláďatá mladiči mladunci ungar ลูกอ่อน yavru 幼獸，幼禽 молодняк جانوروں کے بچے con non 幼崽
13. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
14. a young person. A group of youngsters were playing football. jongeling صَبي، صِبيان дете garoto mladík der Bursche ungt menneske νεαρόςjoven nooruk کودک؛ بچه nuorukainen jeuneצעיר जवान mladić gyerkőc pemuda barn, unglingur ragazzino 若者 어린이 paauglys jauns cilvēks; jauneklis; jaunietis anak muda jongmensbarn, unge, tenåringwyrostek هلك، وړوكى garoto tânăr подросток mladík mladenič mlada osoba grabb, unge, yngling, tonåring เด็ก genç, delikanlı 年輕人 хлопець, юнак ایک نوجوان شخص đứa trẻ 年轻人
15. Of or belonging to the early part of life.
16. young people in general. die jeug الشَّباب младеж os jovens mládež die Jugend de unge η νεολαία, οι νέοι los jóvenes, la juventud, la gente joven noorsugu جوانان nuoriso les jeunes הַדּוֹר הַצָּעִיר विवाह योग्य mladi ljudi a fiatalok orang muda unga fólkið i giovani 若者たち 젊은이 jaunimas jaunieši; jaunatne orang muda jongerenunge mennesker, ungdommłodzież ځوانان os jovens tinerii; tineret молодёжь mládež mladina mladi de unga, ungdomar คนหนุ่มสาว gençler, gençlik 年輕一代 молодь نوجوان giới trẻ 年轻一代
17. Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
    obsolete
18. joven; juvenil.
19. Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
20. Newly begun or formed; not advanced: a young biotech company.

Equivalents

Examples

“a lamb is a young sheep”

“these picture books are for young readers”

“Come skydiving with us. Come on, you're only young once!”

“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, But to be young was very heaven!”

“"What a charming amusement for young people this is, Mr. Darcy! There is nothing like dancing after all. I consider it as one of the first refinements of polished society."”

“I stumbled along through the young pines and huckleberry bushes. Pretty soon I struck into a sort of path that, I cal'lated, might lead to the road I was hunting for. It twisted and turned, and, the first thing I knew, made a sudden bend around a bunch of bayberry scrub and opened out into a big clear space like a lawn.”

“At Columbia-Greene, staffers go for the most unadoptable animals to save them from euthanasia. The youngest, healthiest, cutest pets are waiting for you.”

“The factors related to increase in number of abscondings were younger age, psychiatric problems, multi-drug abuse and living alone.”

“Irregular bedtimes may disrupt healthy brain development in young children, according to a study of intelligence and sleeping habits. ¶ Going to bed at a different time each night affected girls more than boys, but both fared worse on mental tasks than children who had a set bedtime, researchers found.”

“The number of young children in the US who have died from opioid overdoses has increased significantly, according to a new study on accidental poisonings of children 5 and younger.”

“These concerns were shared by other SNP women who told the Guardian there was a chronic lack of support from the party, including for those with younger families.”

“the age of space travel is still young”

“a young business”

“[…] while the Fears of the People were young, they were encreas’d strangely by several odd Accidents […]”

“Look at that sky, life's begun / Nights are warm and the days are young”

“A team of Irish astronomers have captured an out-of-this-world image of one of the youngest stars known to scientists.”

“And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young, Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung.”

“How young is your dog?”

“Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.”

“The young Mr. Chester must be in the wrong, and the old Mr. Chester must be in the right.”

“1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41, […] Miss Hessy is as pretty a girl as eye can see, in her young twenties and a bit of a fortune to boot.”

“Ephraim would be in his young thirties.”

“[…] while this may appeal to older, better-off shoppers, vast numbers, especially those in their teens and young twenties, still want fast, cheap fashion.”

“Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food.”

“My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.”

“The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.”

“Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this.”

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