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Youth

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Noun

1. spring chicken, young person, younker, youth

a young person (especially a young man or boy)

2. young, youth

young people collectively

Example Sentences:
'rock music appeals to the young'
'youth everywhere rises in revolt'

3. youth

the time of life between childhood and maturity

4. youth

early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced

5. early days, youth

an early period of development

Example Sentences:
'during the youth of the project'

6. juvenility, youth, youthfulness

the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.

Youth

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nounWord forms: plural youths (juːðz )
1. 
the quality or condition of being young, immature, or inexperienced
his youth told against him in the contest
2. 
the period between childhood and maturity, esp adolescence and early adulthood
3. 
the freshness, vigour, or vitality characteristic of young people
youth shone out from her face
4. 
any period of early development
the project was in its youth
5. 
a young person, esp a young man or boy
6. 
young people collectively
youth everywhere is rising in revolt
noun
Isle of Youth

Collins English Dictionary. Copyright © HarperCollins Publishers

Youth

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Isle ofCuban isle south of W Cuba: 849 sq mi (2,199 sq km)
nounWord forms: plural youths (juðz ; yo̅othz; juθs ; yo̅ot hs)
1. 
the state or quality of being young, esp. of being vigorous and lively, or immature, impetuous, etc.
2. 
the period of life coming between childhood and maturity; adolescence
3. 
an early stage of growth or existence
4. 
young people collectively
5. 
a young person; esp., a young man

Webster’s New World College Dictionary, 4th Edition. Copyright © 2010 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. All rights reserved.

Youth

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n. pl. youths (yths, ythz)
1.
a. The condition or quality of being young: Travel while you still have your youth.
b. The time of life between childhood and maturity: He was rebellious in his youth.
c. An early period of development or existence: a nation in its youth.
2.
a. A young person, especially a young male in late adolescence.
b. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Young people considered as a group.
3. Geology The first stage in the erosion cycle.
An island in the Caribbean Sea south of western Cuba. Claimed for Spain by Columbus in 1494, it was later a penal colony and a rendezvous for pirates. It was claimed by both the United States and Cuba until a 1925 treaty confirmed Cuba's sovereignty.

The American Heritage ® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition copyright ©2018 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

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