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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"
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.
a person from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age: Jan has a three-year-old child and two school-age children. Now in their 60s, Jerome and Sally have two grown children (= adult sons or daughters).
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.
Definition of child noun in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
A child (pl. children) is a human being between the stages of birth and puberty, or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. It may also refer to an unborn human being.
CHILD definition: 1. a young person who is not yet an adult: 2. someone's son or daughter, also when they are…. Learn more.
1. countable noun A1. 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.
Define child. child synonyms, child pronunciation, child translation, English dictionary definition of child. n. pl. chil·dren 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...
noun. children. A boy or girl in the period before puberty. Webster's New World. Similar definitions. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority. American Heritage Medicine. Similar definitions. An unborn human offspring; fetus.
