young one

Y y

Transcription

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [yuhng wuhn]
- /yʌŋ wʌn/

- US Pronunciation
- US IPA
- [yuhng wuhn]
- /yʌŋ wʌn/

Definitions of young one words

noun young one a child or offspring: They have five young ones and another on the way. 1
noun young one child 1
noun,plural young one youth, adolescents 1

See all 3 definitions of young one

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Origin of young one

First appearance:

before 1525

One of the 28% oldest English words

First recorded in 1525-35

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Parts of speech for Young one

noun

adjective

verb

adverb

pronoun

preposition

conjunction

determiner

exclamation

Full grammatical hierarchy of Young one

young one popularity

A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 47% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.

This word is included in each student's vocabulary. Most likely there is at least one movie with this word in the title.

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Synonyms for young one

noun young one

child — A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
dickens — Charles (John Huffam), pen name Boz. 1812–70, English novelist, famous for the humour and sympathy of his characterization and his criticism of social injustice. His major works include The Pickwick Papers (1837), Oliver Twist (1839), Nicholas Nickleby (1839), Old Curiosity Shop (1840–41), Martin Chuzzlewit (1844), David Copperfield (1850), Bleak House (1853), Little Dorrit (1857), and Great Expectations (1861)
innocents — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.
kiddie — a child.
innocent — free from moral wrong; without sin; pure: innocent children.

All 7 Synonyms of young one