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noun
- 1. a very young child or baby: "healthy infants"
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INFANT definition: 1. a baby or a very young child: 2. a student at an infant school: 3. → infant school: . Learn more.
The meaning of INFANT is a child in the first period of life. How to use infant in a sentence.
Infant (from the Latin word infans, meaning 'baby' or 'child') is a formal or specialised synonym for the common term baby. The terms may also be used to refer to juveniles of other organisms. A newborn is, in colloquial use, an infant who is only hours, days, or up to one month old.
noun. a child during the earliest period of their life, especially before they can walk; baby. Law. a person who is not of full age, especially one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor. a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice: The new candidate is a political infant. anything in the first stage of existence or progress.
INFANT meaning: 1. a baby or a very young child: 2. a student at an infant school: 3. → infant school: . Learn more.
An infant is a baby or very young child. [formal] ...young mums with infants in prams. The family were forced to flee with their infant son. ...the infant mortality rate in Britain. Synonyms: baby, child, babe, toddler More Synonyms of infant. 2. countable noun [usually plural]
n. 1. a child during the earliest period of its life, esp. before it can walk; baby. 2. Law. a person below the age of majority; minor. 3. a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice. 4. anything in the first stage of existence or progress. adj. 5. of or pertaining to infants or infancy. 6. being in infancy.
INFANT definition: a baby or very young child. Learn more.
An infant is a baby. When you were an infant, you weren't able to walk, talk, or feed yourself (but you had a pretty mean burp). Infant is most often used for a very young human, but you can also use it to talk about animal babies.
(formal or specialist) a baby or very young child. a nursery for infants under two; their infant son; She was seriously ill as an infant. Mozart was an infant prodigy (= a young child with unusual ability). In North American English infant is only used for a baby, especially a very young one.
