English dictionary
young
nounPronunciation
/jʌŋ/
/jʌŋ/
Audio pronunciation
Parts of speech
Definitions
noun
- People who are young; young people, collectively; youth.
- Young or immature offspring (especially of an animal).
- (possibly nonstandard) An individual offspring; a single recently born or hatched organism.
verb
- To become or seem to become younger.
- To cause to appear younger.
- 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).
- (of a decade of life) Early.
- Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
- Of or belonging to the early part of life.
- Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.
Example sentences
The young of today are well-educated.
The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.
a lamb is a young sheep; these picture books are for young readers
the age of space travel is still young; a young business
How young is your dog? Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.
My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.
The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.