Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
in the early part of life or growth:
Русский
By meaning 2
as if young:
in the early part of life or growth:
Deutsch
By meaning 3
as if young:
in the early part of life or growth:
having little experience:

Examples

5811 sentences

  1. He looks young for his age.

    Він молодо виглядає, як на свій вік. — aandrusiak

    ruОн выглядит молодо для своего возраста. — marafon

    deEr sieht jung aus für sein Alter. — Wolf

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  2. They married when they were young.

    Вони одружилися ще коли були молодими. — deniko

    ruОни поженились, когда были молодыми. — svetla

    deSie haben geheiratet, als sie noch jung waren. — xtofu80

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  3. Tom is too young to drink.

    Том замолодий, щоб пити. — deniko

    ruТом слишком молодой, чтобы пить. — odexed

    deTom ist zum Trinken zu jung. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

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Meaning

8 senses

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

    a lamb is a young sheep

    these picture books are for young readers

    jung, jugendlich

    молодо́йmolodój, ю́ныйjúnyj, младо́йmladój

    молоди́йmolodýj, ю́нийjúnyj

    (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

  2. Of or belonging to the early part of life.

    The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams.

    jung

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

    the age of space travel is still young

    a young business

More meanings 5

  1. Advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.

    How young is your dog?

    Her grandmother turned 70 years young last month.

  2. Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.

    My grandmother is a very active woman and is quite young for her age.

  3. Junior (of two related people with the same name).

  4. Early (of a decade of life).

  5. (obsolete)Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak.

    jung, unerfahren

Origin

Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germani

Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”).

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Forms

younger, youngest
Comparativeyounger Lesson
Superlativeyoungest Lesson

regular

Synonyms

10 synonyms
In the early part of growth or life:youthfulB2
Youthful:juvenileC1
(obsolete)Having little experience:underdevelopedundevelopedimmature
Close in meaning
  • (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth:immature
  • (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity:new
  • suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh:youthfulvernal
  • not tried or tested by experience:unseasoneduntesteduntried

Antonyms

9 antonyms
born not long ago:oldA1agedA2seniorA2elderlyA2youthlessgrown up
having qualities of a young person:matureB2
inexperienced:experiencedB1veteranB2

Word family

60 related words
RelatedyouthA2childishB2activeB1inexperiencedB2childA1young adulthoodcallowimmaturepuerilecoltishjuvenalunfledgedyoungness
Deriveddecades youngnonyoungoveryoungultrayoungunyoungwith youngyears youngyoung adultyoungbloodyoung bloodyoung boulyoung boyyoung buckyoung camelyoungcelyoung donkeyyoungenyoung fogeyyoungfolkyoung fusticyoung gingeryoung gunyoung handyounghead

Lessons for this word

2 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • too young to
  • younger brother
  • three years younger
  • as young as
  • my younger brother
  • younger sister
  • young man
  • years younger
  • still too young
  • a lot younger
  • my younger sister
  • a little young

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
youA1you'llyoungeryoungest

Dictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.

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