young

Language: EN · Kind: word · Transcription: [/jʌŋ/]

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Senses

1. young (adj) — sense 1

Definition: In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.

Example: a lamb is a young sheep

2. young (adj) — sense 2

Definition: At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.

Example: the age of space travel is still young

3. young (adj) — sense 3

Definition: advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

Example: How young is your dog?

4. young (noun) — sense 4

Definition: Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

Example: The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.

5. young (verb) — sense 5

Definition: To become or seem to become younger.

Example: The aging (or younging) of a population refers to the fact that a population, as a unit of observation, is getting older (or younger).

6. young (verb) — sense 6

Definition: To cause to appear younger.

Example: Medicare data was "younged" by a month to achieve conformity with the conventional completed ages recorded in the census.

7. young (verb) — sense 7

Definition: To exhibit younging.

Example: Shoshonitic magmatism younged southwards in the Superior Province, commensurate with the southwardly diachronous accretion of allochthonous subprovinces.

Structure of the word

Roots:

h₂ey (Proto-Indo-European)

Connections

Roots: h₂ey

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