Definitions for Children
ˈtʃɪl drənChil·dren

Wiktionary(3.00 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. childrennoun

   More than one son or daughter, or none. Offspring.

   Etymology: From children, alteration of earlier childre, from cildru, cildra, plural of cild, equivalent to .

2. childrennoun

   More than one young person, or none.

   There are no children absent from classes today

   Etymology: From children, alteration of earlier childre, from cildru, cildra, plural of cild, equivalent to .

3. childrennoun

   Members of a tribe.

   The children of Israel

   Etymology: From children, alteration of earlier childre, from cildru, cildra, plural of cild, equivalent to .

4. childrennoun

   Things or abstractions derived from or caused by something.

   Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war.

   Etymology: From children, alteration of earlier childre, from cildru, cildra, plural of cild, equivalent to .

5. childrennoun

   Plural form of child.

Webster Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Children

   of Child

2. Childrennoun

   pl. of Child

Freebase(3.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Children

   "Children" is a song by Italian trance composer Robert Miles, released in November 1995 as the lead single from his album Dreamland. The song is Miles' most successful single, being certified Gold and Platinum in several countries and it reached number one in more than 12 countries. Miles created several remixes himself with an additional remix by Tilt.

The Roycroft Dictionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. children

   Exquisite caskets of flesh that hold the scrolls of all our deeds.

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1. children

   Plural form of the word child.

   The children were so beautiful to watch playing as they are so kind and loving.

   Submitted by MaryC on March 14, 2020  

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1. children

   Song lyrics by children -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by children on the Lyrics.com website.

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Children' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #170

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Children' in Written Corpus Frequency: #285

How to pronounce Children?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

   US English

   Mark

   US English

   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

   British

   Fred

   US English

   Tessa

   South African

How to say Children in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Children in Chaldean Numerology is: 1

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Children in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of Children in a Sentence

1. New York:

   Ted Cruz scares young girl with fiery N.H. speech, ted Cruz’s new campaign strategy: Scare tiny children.

2. Nadiya Savchenko:

   But the children of Petro Oleksiyovych (Poroshenko) aren't in captivity, while he spits on your children.

3. Saliou Senn:

   Across West Africa, in general, education is starting to become universal education... these children here are the future of our nation, and no-one should be left behind.

4. Troy Miller:

   The surge of family units began in the Rio Grande Valley on Jan 23 when Tamaulipas stopped taking back Northern Triangle families with tender-aged children under the age of 7.

5. Bill Kapogiannis:

   We don't even have a great definition for it in adults, and about Lurie Children we don't even know what the definition should be of what we're looking for.

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