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Meaning of 'Youth' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Youth [ n.]
- The quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility.
- 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.
- A young person; especially, a young man.
- Young persons, collectively.
2 . Youth [ pl. ]
- of Youth

Meaning of 'Youth' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . youth [ n]
Meaning (1):
- an early period of development
Example in sentence:
  • during the youth of the project
Meaning (2):
- young people collectively
Example in sentence:
  • rock music appeals to the young;
  • youth everywhere rises in revolt

Nearby Words:

you youl young youngger youngish youngling youngly youngness youngster youngth

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