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youth
noun
The quality or state of being young.
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/juθ/ /juθ/
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noun
The quality or state of being young.
“Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.”
The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.
“I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.”
A young person.
“There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.”
A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
(used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.
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Her youth and beauty attracted him to her.
I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all.
There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.
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