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| young [ yung ] |
adjective (comparative young·er, superlative young·est) |
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1. not very old: having lived or been in existence a relatively short time
  a young person
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2. of youth: relating to somebody's youth
my younger days
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3. youthful: looking or behaving like a young or younger person
very young for her age
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4. for young people: designed for or appropriate to young people
young fashions
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5. recently begun: recently begun or in an early stage
The night is still young.
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6. geology not significantly eroded: in a relatively early stage of landscape formation and therefore steep and largely uneroded
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plural noun |
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1. offspring: offspring, especially when still completely dependent on parents
watching her young
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2. young people: young people in general
a club for the young
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| [ Old English geong< Indo-European, "youth, vigor"] |
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| young·ish adjective |
| young·ness noun |
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in your younger days when you were younger than you are now
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the Younger used after a person's name to indicate that he or she is the second-born person of that name
Pitt the Younger
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