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young

/jʌŋ/ · noun

Meaning

  1. People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
  2. Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
  3. (possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
  4. To become or seem to become younger.
  5. To cause to appear younger.
  6. To exhibit younging.
  7. In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
  8. At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
  9. (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
  10. Junior (of two related people with the same name).
  11. (of a decade of life) Early.
  12. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.

Etymology / origin

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Sources

  1. DictionaryAPI.dev English dictionary data
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