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noun
- 1. a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority: "she'd been playing tennis since she was a child"
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a boy or girl from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age: an eight-year-old child. As a child I didn't eat vegetables. A small group of children waited outside the door. Both her children are now married with children of their own. Jan is married with three young children. See also. brainchild.
The meaning of CHILD is a young person especially between infancy and puberty. How to use child in a sentence. Is the word kid slang?
Child definition: a person between birth and puberty or full growth. See examples of CHILD used in a sentence.
Definition of child noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A child is a human being who is not yet an adult. When I was a child I lived in a country village. He's just a child. ...a child of six. It was only suitable for children. 2. countable noun A1. Someone's children are their sons and daughters of any age. How are the children? His children have left home. The young couple decided to have a child.
child. (chīld) n. pl. chil·dren (chĭl′drən) 1. a. A person between birth and puberty. b. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority. 2. a. An unborn infant; a fetus. b. An infant; a baby. 3. One who is childish or immature. 4. A son or daughter; an offspring. 5. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham. 6. a.
A child is a young person who's typically older than a baby but younger than a teen. As a child, you probably had your parents watching over you as you played in a sandbox. The noun child come from the Old English word cild, meaning "child, infant."
