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Youth - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Youth : (noun)
1: a young person (especially a young man or boy) [syn: young
person, younker, spring chicken]
2: young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the
young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt" [syn: young]
[ant: aged]
3: the time of life between childhood and maturity
4: early maturity; the state of being young or immature or
inexperienced
5: an early period of development; "during the youth of the
project" [syn: early days]
6: the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person
[syn: youthfulness, juvenility]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Youth : \Youth\ ([=u]th), n.; pl. Youths ([=u]ths; 264) or
collectively Youth. [OE. youthe, youh[thorn]e,
[yogh]uhe[eth]e, [yogh]uwe[eth]e, [yogh]eo[yogh]e[eth]e, AS.
geogu[eth], geogo[eth]; akin to OS. jug[eth], D. jeugd, OHG.
jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. [root]281. See Young.]
1. The quality or state of being young; youthfulness;
juvenility. ``In my flower of youth.'' --Milton.
Such as in his face Youth smiled celestial.
--Milton.
2. The part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of
existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part
of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to
manhood.
He wondered that your lordship Would suffer him to
spend his youth at home. --Shak.
Those who pass their youth in vice are justly
condemned to spend their age in folly. --Rambler.
3. A young person; especially, a young man.
Seven youths from Athens yearly sent. --Dryden.
4. Young persons, collectively.
It is fit to read the best authors to youth first.
--B. Jonson.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Youth : Youth: The time between childhood and maturity. (Unfortunately, as the songwriter Sammy Cahn noted, "youth is wasted on the young.")
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Youth |
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itsAmer: @startuparabia I wish it's the type of entrepreneurship that engages Youth & startup culture. It's actually geared towards large family biz |
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taramasatala: RT @dailywhatnot: Still Loving Youth #3 : Indonesian Internet Society Tendencies (Pssst! We're one of the guest editor) http://bit.ly/7oi85W |
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ashminhae: Waiting for Invincible Youth to play. My hoxy Minho is the staring guest! Goo Hara gonna be get bitchy then. |
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