Youth

  • 11Youth — [yo͞oth] Isle of Cuban isle south of W Cuba: 849 sq mi (2,199 sq km) …

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  • 12youth — [yo͞oth] n. pl. youths [yo͞othz, yo͞oths] [ME youthe < OE geoguthe < * jugunthi < Gmc * juwunthi (with g for w based on * dugunthi , goodness, valor) akin to Du jeugd: for IE base see YOUNG] 1. the state or quality of being young, esp.… …

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  • 13youth|en — «YOO thuhn», transitive verb. to make youthful; impart a youthful appearance to: »No dress youthens a girl so much as white (Evening Star). –v.i. to become youthful; acquire youthful qualities: »You will always be forty to strangers perhaps: and… …

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  • 14youth — noun 1 period of your life when you are young ADJECTIVE ▪ early ▪ lost ▪ nostalgia for her lost youth ▪ misspent (often humorous) ▪ His lack …

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  • 15youth — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) Condition of being young Nouns 1. youth, juvenility, juvenescence, immaturity, juniority; childhood, boyhood, maidenhood, girlhood, youthhood; minority, nonage, teenage, teens, tender age, bloom; prime… …

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  • 16Youth — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Youth est un mot anglais qui signifie jeunesse, et peut désigner : Youth, film américain de 1915 ; Youth, film américain de 1917 ; Youth,… …

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  • 17youth — [[t]ju͟ːðz[/t]] ♦♦ youths 1) N UNCOUNT: usu poss N Someone s youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult. In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor. ...the comic books of my youth …

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  • 18youth */*/*/ — UK [juːθ] / US [juθ] noun Word forms youth : singular youth plural youths 1) a) [uncountable] the time in someone s life when they are young In his youth, he had travelled and seen much of the world. the energy/enthusiasm/innocence of youth… …

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  • 19youth — re·youth; youth; youth·en; youth·ful; youth·ful·ly; youth·ful·ness; youth·head; youth·hood; youth·ly; …

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  • 20youth — /ju:T/ noun plural youths /ju:Dz/ 1 (U) the period of time when someone is young, especially the period between being a child and being fully grown: Youth is a time when many people rebel against their parents. | in sb s youth (=when they were… …

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