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child
1[ chahyld ]
noun
- a person between birth and puberty or full growth:
books for children.
- a son or daughter; offspring considered with regard to parents:
All my children are married.
- a baby or infant:
A child of six months can recognize family members.
- a human fetus:
My sister is seven months pregnant with a healthy child.
- a childish person:
He's such a child about money.
- a descendant:
a child of an ancient breed.
- any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.:
Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
- a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.:
a child of poverty; a child of famine.
- British Dialect, Archaic. a female infant.
- Archaic. childe.
Child
2[ chahyld ]
noun
- Julia, 1912–2004, U.S. gourmet cook, author, and television personality.
- Lydia Maria (Francis), 1802–80, U.S. author, abolitionist, and social reformer.
child
/ ʃɪ /
noun
- a boy or girl between birth and puberty
- ( as modifier )
child labour
- a baby or infant
- an unborn baby paedo-
- with childanother term for pregnant
- a human offspring; a son or daughter filial
- a childish or immature person
- a member of a family or tribe; descendant
a child of Israel
- a person or thing regarded as the product of an influence or environment
a child of nature
- dialect.a female infant
Derived Forms
- ˈ, adjective
- ˈ, adjective
- ˈness, noun
Other Word Forms
- · adjective
- ··ness noun
Word History and Origins
Origin of child1
Word History and Origins
Origin of child1
Idioms and Phrases
- with child, pregnant:
She's with child.
More idioms and phrases containing child
In addition to the idiom beginning with child , also see second childhood .Example Sentences
Border Patrol Chief Agent Gregory K. Bovino posted on social media that agents detained two child rapists and “other criminals,” and retrieved 36 pounds of narcotics.
Long waiting times to access specialist support, especially for children and young people were highlighted during a recent consultation, which also found that those from certain economic or ethnic minority backgrounds were disadvantaged.
In a news conference last week, Nigel Farage said that he thought there were too many diagnoses of special educational needs in children.
Michelle recalls her and her siblings riding bikes with the Jackson family children in some idyllic nondenominational order of Black music.
Richard Burrows is being sentenced for 97 child sex abuse charges - after he fled to Thailand and changed his identity, before returning to the UK in 2024 only after running out of money.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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