youth
Pronounced:
/ˈju:θ/
Function:
nounInflected forms:
plural youths /ˈju:ðz/ Meaning:
1 [noncount] : the time of life when someone is young : the time when a young person has not yet become an adult ▪ She had a troubled/privileged youth. ▪ He spent his youth in the Midwest. ▪ He got into a lot of trouble in his youth. ▪ a generation trying to recapture lost youth ▪ youth groups ▪ (Brit) a youth club [=a club that provides various activities for young people] —see also fountain of youth
2 [noncount] : the time when something is new and not yet established ▪ when the industry was still in its youth
3 [count] : a teenage boy or young man ▪ a tough-looking youth ▪ Four youths are suspected of starting the fire.
4 the youth : young people ▪ the youth of today ▪ The show sends a strong message to the youth of America. ▪ The city's youth need strong role models.
5 [noncount] : the quality or state of being young ▪ She's 70 years old but still full of youth.
2 [noncount] : the time when something is new and not yet established ▪ when the industry was still in its youth
3 [count] : a teenage boy or young man ▪ a tough-looking youth ▪ Four youths are suspected of starting the fire.
4 the youth : young people ▪ the youth of today ▪ The show sends a strong message to the youth of America. ▪ The city's youth need strong role models.
5 [noncount] : the quality or state of being young ▪ She's 70 years old but still full of youth.
gilded youth —see gild