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   young

   /jʌŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. having lived or existed for only a short time: "a young girl" Similar youthfuljuvenilejunioradolescentteenageteenagedimmaturechildlikebabyishboyishgirlishin the springtime of lifein one's salad daysinformal:teenyoung peopleyouthschildrenboys and girlsyoungstersyoung onesthe younger generationthe next generationjuvenilesminorsschoolboysschoolgirlswhippersnappersstriplingsinformal:kidskiddiesyoung 'unsladslassesOpposite oldelderlymature
   • ▪ not as old as the norm or as would be expected: "more people were dying young" Similar youthfuljuvenilejunioradolescentteenageteenagedimmaturechildlikebabyishboyishgirlishin the springtime of lifein one's salad daysinformal:teenOpposite oldelderlymature
   • ▪ relating to or consisting of young people: "young love"
   • ▪ immature or inexperienced: "she's very young for her age"
   • ▪ having the qualities associated with young people, such as enthusiasm and optimism: "all those who are young at heart"
   • 2. used to denote the younger of two people of the same name: "Pitt the Younger"
   • ▪ denoting the heir of a landed commoner: Scottish "Hugh Magnus Macleod, younger of Macleod"

   noun

   • 1. offspring, especially of an animal before or soon after birth: "many grebes carry their young on their backs" Similar offspringprogenyfamilychildrenissuelittle onesyoungstersbabiessonsdaughtersheirsdescendantssuccessorsscionsinformal:kidskiddiesnipperstotstiniessprogsrug ratsankle-bitersliterary:babesthe fruit of one's loinsrare:progeniture

   Word Origin Old Englishg(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis.

   Derivatives

   • 1. youngish adjective

   Scrabble Points: 9

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   What does young mean?

   • Get a quick, free translation! YOUNG definition: 1. having lived or existed for only a short time and not old: 2. used after someone's name to show…. Learn more.

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   What is young adjective?

   • Definition of young adjective from the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary having lived or existed for only a short time; not fully developed Young babies need to be wrapped up warmly. Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant. It's a young wine, not really up to drinking yet. The night is still young (= it has only just started).

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   What does Yong mean in English?

   • Middle English yong, from Old English geong; akin to Old High German jung young, Latin juvenis before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a “Young.”

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   • loading examples... Use the adjective young to describe a person who hasn't been alive very long or doesn't have much life experience. You might feel much wiser and more sophisticated than your young cousins — even if you secretly enjoy playing games with them.

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