Meaning

1 senses

  1. (often)Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals.

    The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.

    The lion's young are curious about the world around them.

    Nachkomme, Nachwuchs, Brut

    молодня́кmolodnják, молодьmolodʹ, детёнышdetjónyš

    any immature animal

Examples

5819 sentences

  1. I'm three years younger than you.

    Я на три роки молодший від тебе. — deniko

    ruЯ на три года младше тебя. — marafon

    deIch bin drei Jahre jünger als du. — Sudajaengi

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  2. 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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  3. He sat surrounded by young girls.

    Він сидів в оточенні молодих дівчат. — Andrey

    ruОн сидел в окружении молодых девушек. — odexed

    deEr saß umgeben von jungen Mädchen. — Esperantostern

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  4. 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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  5. My younger brother is watching TV.

    Мій молодший брат дивиться телевізор. — deniko

    ruМой младший брат смотрит телевизор. — sqrrl

    deMein kleiner Bruder sieht fern. — MUIRIEL

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Translations

7 languages
Русский
By meaning 1
offspring:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
offspring:

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

plural: young / youngs
Singularyoung
Pluralyoung / youngs

regular

Synonyms

13 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • any immature animal:offspring
  • young people collectively:youth
  • United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877):Brigham Young
  • United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955):Cy YoungDanton True Young
  • English poet (1683-1765):Edward Young
  • British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829):Thomas Young

Antonyms

1 antonyms
aged

Lessons for this word

1 lessons

Collocations

12 patterns
  • younger younger
  • younger younger than
  • was younger younger
  • too young to
  • younger younger brother
  • younger younger sister
  • years younger younger
  • is too young
  • much younger younger
  • my younger younger
  • youngest youngest
  • the youngest youngest

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
youA1you'llyoungeryoungest

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