young
IPA: jˈʌŋ
noun
- (often as if a plural noun) Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.
- A surname.
- A British distinguishing surname transferred from the nickname for the younger of two people having the same given name.
- A surname from Chinese.
- A placename
- A town in the region of the South West Slopes, New South Wales, Australia.
- A village in Saskatchewan, Canada.
- An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States.
- An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States.
- A city in Río Negro department, Uruguay.
- Ellipsis of Young County. [One of 254 counties in Texas, United States. County seat: Graham.]
- Ellipsis of Young Parish.
- Ellipsis of Young Shire.
- Ellipsis of Young Township.
- Ellipsis of Young River.
- Ellipsis of Young Lake.
- Ellipsis of Mount Young.
verb
- (informal or demography) To become or seem to become younger.
- (informal or demography) To cause to appear younger.
- (geology) To exhibit younging.
adjective
- In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
- At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
- (Not) advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
- Junior (of two related people with the same name).
- Early. (of a decade of life)
- Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
- Of or belonging to the early part of life.
- (obsolete) Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
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Examples of "young" in Sentences
- From a young age, O'Reilly was a tall and gangly player.
- Maturational process can be hard to get through for a young child.
- At a young age you meditated on the Sorrowful Passion of Our Lord.
- The monks raise the child, and Marcelino grows into a rowdy young boy.
- Explicit syllable and phoneme segmentation are for the the young child.
- As a young child, she would reenact Spanish soap operas for her family.
- In the beginning, they preyed on only the young, the aged, the helpless.
- At a young age Haynzy was drawn to the sultry sounds of gospel and soul.
- He moved to the United States at a young age and was naturalized in 1880.
- At a young age, Harold was found to exhibit the power to transmute into energy.