What does childhood mean?
Definitions for childhood
ˈtʃaɪld hʊdchild·hood
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word childhood.
Princeton's WordNet
childhoodnoun
the time of person's life when they are a child
childhood, puerilitynoun
the state of a child between infancy and adolescence
Wiktionary
childhoodnoun
The state of being a child.
childhoodnoun
The time during which one is a child, from between infancy and puberty.
childhoodnoun
The early stages of development of something.
Etymology: From childhod, from cildhad, from cild + -had, equivalent to.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Childhoodnoun
Etymology: from child, cildhad, Sax.
Now I have stain’d the childhood of our joy
With blood, remov’d but little from our own. William Shakespeare, R. & J.The sons of lords and gentlemen should be trained up in learning from their childhoods. Edmund Spenser, on Ireland.
Seldom have I ceas’d to eye
Thy infancy, thy childhood, and thy youth. John Milton, Pa. Reg.The same authority that the actions of a man have with us in our childhood, the same, in every period of life, has the practice of all whom we regard as our superiours. John Rogers, Ser.
Infancy and childhood demand thin, copious, nourishing aliment. John Arbuthnot, on Aliments.
Their love in early infancy began,
And rose as childhood ripen’d into man. John Dryden, Fables.
Wikipedia
Childhood
Childhood is a 1995 song by Michael Jackson. It was released as a track on Jackson's 1995 studio album HIStory, and was released as a double A-side with Jackson's single "Scream". It was composed by Michael Jackson "Childhood" is an auto-biographical song written and composed by Michael Jackson. The theme of the track is his difficult childhood experiences. It would become the main theme song for Free Willy 2: The Adventure Home, continuing his association with the Free Willy series. The track appeared on several compilation albums, but was met with a mixed reception amongst critics. The song's music video, which had little in common with the supporting film, has been critically praised.
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Childhood
Childhood refers to the stage of human life that encompasses the period from birth to adolescence. It is typically characterized by innocence, playfulness, and a rapid physical, intellectual, and emotional development. Childhood is a time when individuals learn to navigate the world, develop social skills, acquire knowledge and explore their interests. It is a period of relative dependency on caregivers and adults, during which individuals form foundational experiences and memories that shape their future development and personality.
Webster Dictionary
Childhoodnoun
the state of being a child; the time in which persons are children; the condition or time from infancy to puberty
Childhoodnoun
children, taken collectively
Childhoodnoun
the commencement; the first period
Etymology: [AS. cildhd; cild child + -hd. See Child, and -hood.]
Wikidata
Childhood
Childhood is the age span ranging from birth to adolescence. According to Piaget's theory of cognitive development, childhood consists of two stages: preoperational stage and concrete operational stage. In developmental psychology, childhood is divided up into the developmental stages of toddlerhood, early childhood, middle childhood, and adolescence. Various childhood factors could affect a person's attitude formation.
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Rank popularity for the word 'childhood' in Nouns Frequency: #1439
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Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of childhood in Chaldean Numerology is: 3
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of childhood in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6
Examples of childhood in a Sentence
If you really want to hear about it, the first thing you'll probably want to know is where I was born, and what my lousy childhood was like, and how my parents were occupied and all before they had me, and all that David Copperfield kind of crap, but I don't feel like going into it, if you want to know the truth.
Our measures are not just about the well-being of children in the moment of childhood but also measures that the research shows are connected to success in adulthood.
There are three terrible ages of childhood - 1 to 10, 10 to 20, and 20 to 30.
The administration lost in its effort to end Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals. It can try again, but the first attempt to end the program failed.
Very often, these are people who have suffered abandonment at critical points in their lives earlier, sometimes during childhood.
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- طفولةArabic
- бала саҡBashkir
- дзяцінстваBelarusian
- детствоBulgarian
- dětstvíCzech
- barndom, barndomstidDanish
- KindheitGerman
- πρώτα στάδια, παιδική ηλικίαGreek
- infanaĝoEsperanto
- niñez, infanciaSpanish
- بچگیPersian
- lapseus, lapsuusFinnish
- enfanceFrench
- יַלְדוּתHebrew
- बचपनHindi
- gyermekkorHungarian
- barnæskaIcelandic
- infanziaItalian
- 小児期, 幼年時代, 子供時代, 幼年Japanese
- ಬಾಲ್ಯKannada
- 어린이성, 유년 시대, 초기Korean
- bērnībaLatvian
- whanaketangaMāori
- детствоMacedonian
- barndomNorwegian
- kinderjaren, kindertijdDutch
- barndomNorwegian Nynorsk
- barndomNorwegian
- dzieciństwoPolish
- infânciaPortuguese
- copilărieRomanian
- детствоRussian
- detinjstvo, djetinjstvoSerbo-Croatian
- குழந்தைப் பருவம்Tamil
- బాల్యంTelugu
- çocuklukTurkish
- дитинствоUkrainian
- بچپنUrdu
- thời thơ ấuVietnamese
- cilüpVolapük
- 童年Chinese
- ubungane, ubuntwanaZulu
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