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Young

//jʌŋ// adj, name, noun, verb, slang

Definitions

Adjective

1
In the early part of growth or life; born not long ago.
"a lamb is a young sheep"
2
At an early stage of existence or development; having recently come into existence.
"the age of space travel is still young"
3
advanced in age; (far towards or) at a specified stage of existence or age.
"And thou, our Mother, twice two centuries young, Bend with bright shafts of truth thy bow fresh-strung."
4
Junior (of two related people with the same name).
"The young Mr. Chester must be in the wrong, and the old Mr. Chester must be in the right."
5
Early. (of a decade of life)
"1922, E. Barrington, “The Mystery of Stella” in “The Ladies!” A Shining Constellation of Wit and Beauty, Boston: Atlantic Monthly Press, pp. 40-41, […] Miss Hessy is as pretty a girl as eye can see, in her young twenties and a bit of a fortune to boot."

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Youthful; having the look or qualities of a young person.
"Think of banking today and the image is of grey-suited men in towering skyscrapers. Its future, however, is being shaped in converted warehouses and funky offices in San Francisco, New York and London, where bright young things in jeans and T-shirts huddle around laptops, sipping lattes or munching on free food."
7
Of or belonging to the early part of life.
"The cynical world soon shattered my young dreams."
8
Having little experience; inexperienced; unpracticed; ignorant; weak. obsolete
"Come, come, elder brother, you are too young in this."

Adjective

1
(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity wordnet
2
not tried or tested by experience wordnet
3
being in its early stage wordnet
4
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth wordnet
5
suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh wordnet

Proper Noun

1
A surname.; A British distinguishing surname transferred from the nickname for the younger of two people having the same given name. countable, uncountable
2
A surname.; A surname from Chinese.; A Chinese surname from Cantonese. countable, uncountable
3
A surname.; A surname from Chinese.; A Chinese surname from Hokkien. countable, uncountable
4
A surname.; A surname from Chinese.; A Chinese surname from Mandarin. countable, uncountable
5
A placename:; A village in Saskatchewan, Canada. countable, uncountable

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A placename:; An unincorporated community and census-designated place in Gila County, Arizona, United States. countable, uncountable
7
A placename:; An unincorporated community in Brown Township, Morgan County, Indiana, United States. countable, uncountable
8
A placename:; An unincorporated community in Jackson County, West Virginia, United States. countable, uncountable
9
A placename:; A city in Río Negro department, Uruguay. countable, uncountable
10
A placename:; A town in Hilltops council area, South West Slopes Region, New South Wales, Australia. countable, uncountable
11
A placename:; Ellipsis of Young County. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
12
A placename:; Ellipsis of Young Parish. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
13
A placename:; Ellipsis of Young Township. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
14
A placename:; Ellipsis of Young River. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
15
A placename:; Ellipsis of Young Lake. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable
16
A placename:; Ellipsis of Mount Young. abbreviation, alt-of, countable, ellipsis, uncountable

Noun

1
Offspring, especially the immature offspring of animals. often
"The lion caught a gnu to feed its young."
2
any immature animal wordnet
3
young people collectively wordnet

Verb

1
To become or seem to become younger. informal
"The aging (or younging) of a population refers to the fact that a population, as a unit of observation, is getting older (or younger)."
2
To cause to appear younger. informal
"Medicare data was "younged" by a month to achieve conformity with the conventional completed ages recorded in the census."
3
To exhibit younging.
"Shoshonitic magmatism younged southwards in the Superior Province, commensurate with the southwardly diachronous accretion of allochthonous subprovinces."

Etymology

Etymology 1

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”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

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Etymology 4

* As an English, Scottish, and northern Irish surname, from the adjective young, used to distinguish a younger brother or son. This sense is comparable to the surnames le Yunge, German Jong and Junk, Dutch Jong and de Jongh, French Lejeune and LaJeunesse, assimilated from Dion and Guyon. * As a Chinese surname, from the following: ** Cantonese 楊 /杨 (joeng⁴). Doublet of Yeung. ** Hokkien 楊 /杨 (iông / iâng). Doublet of Yu, Yeo, Yeoh. ** Mandarin 楊 /杨 (yáng). Doublet of Yang.

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