Adjective He looks young for his age. A very nice young man greeted us at the door. Young people today have a lot of opportunities. He dreamed of being an artist when he was young. The movie isn't suitable for young viewers. He's still too young to buy alcohol legally. Our youngest daughter just started school. “When I was young,” the man said, “the world was a different place.” The season is still young. Noun music that appeals to the youngThe very young and the elderly are particularly sensitive to the disease. a robin feeding her young The young of a wolf are called pups. See More
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Adjective
Cannabis use during pregnancy linked to behavioral issues in young children. Linda Carroll, NBC News, 12 Sep. 2022 Those facing the highest risk are infants and young children, people with heart or lung disease, older adults and pregnant people. Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 12 Sep. 2022 Officers were first alerted to the situation around 1:40 a.m. after a family member called 911 with concerns that their relative may have harmed her three young children. Pilar Arias | Fox News, Fox News, 12 Sep. 2022 Three young children have died after being found on a Coney Island beach early Monday morning, according to the New York City Police Department. Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 12 Sep. 2022 With their hands full with three young children, the couple still isn't ruling out the possibility of having more. Alex Gurley, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022 Three young children, one just 3 months old, died after police discovered them unresponsive early Monday on the beach at New York's Coney Island and detained their mother for questioning, authorities said. Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 12 Sep. 2022 Catherine, for her part, focused on young children in the crowd, bending down low to speak to them warmly face-to-face.Arkansas Online, 11 Sep. 2022 Several cities have moved ahead with efforts using private money: Oakland pledged to give 600 low-income families $500 for 18 months, and in San Diego, some families with young children will get $500 a month for two years. Kurtis Lee, BostonGlobe.com, 10 Sep. 2022
Noun
Way back in 2004, while promoting Man on Fire, Washington praised Fanning and her acting skills, even at that young of an age. Benjamin Vanhoose, PEOPLE.com, 16 June 2022 In the late 1970s, Jane Goodall’s research on chimpanzees in Gombe, Tanzania, showed that infanticide wasn’t only a male prerogative: The mother-daughter pair Pom and Passion also attacked the young of others, and ate them. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 Except that the young of any dairy cow is taken from the mother almost immediately. Travis M. Andrews, Washington Post, 11 May 2022 Male chimps at West African sites have also been seen adopting the dependent young of a deceased or missing parent, a shouldering of fatherly duty at odds with newborn killings witnessed elsewhere. Rebecca Giggs, The Atlantic, 6 May 2022 When successful, the male lions will even kill the young of their predecessors to bring the females into heat to rear their own offspring. Brian Handwerk, Smithsonian Magazine, 30 Mar. 2022 Of course, each of the kids are starting to show off their true personalities, even at this young of an age. Tricia Despres, PEOPLE.com, 21 Mar. 2022 The number of offspring were cut in half, and many of the young of parents that were exposed to fear were less healthy than their non-traumatized peers. Doug Johnson, Ars Technica, 7 Feb. 2022 Jay families sometimes remain together long enough for the young of the year to assist in raising the next generation. Jim Williams, Star Tribune, 24 Nov. 2020 See More
Word History
Etymology
Adjective
Middle English yong, from Old English geong; akin to Old High German jung young, Latin juvenis
First Known Use
Adjective
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Noun
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1a
Time Traveler
The first known use of young was before the 12th century