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Definitions for children
ˈtʃɪl drənchil·dren
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word children.
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Wiktionary
childrennoun
More than one son or daughter, or none. Offspring.
childrennoun
More than one young person, or none.
There are no children absent from classes today
childrennoun
Members of a tribe.
The children of Israel
childrennoun
Things or abstractions derived from or caused by something.
Poverty, disease, and despair are the children of war.
childrennoun
Plural form of child.
Etymology: From children, alteration of earlier childre, from cildru, cildra, plural of cild, equivalent to.
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children
Children typically refers to young individuals who have not yet reached adulthood. In general, children are considered to be in the stage of development between infancy and adolescence, typically ranging from ages 1-18. They are often dependent on adults for care, guidance, and protection, and are in the process of acquiring knowledge, skills, and abilities necessary for personal growth and development. The specific age range and characteristics associated with childhood may vary across cultures and societies.
Webster Dictionary
Children
of Child
Childrennoun
pl. of Child
Freebase
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
children
Exquisite caskets of flesh that hold the scrolls of all our deeds.
Editors Contribution
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
Suggested Resources
children
Song lyrics by children -- Explore a large variety of song lyrics performed by children on the Lyrics.com website.
British National Corpus
Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'children' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #170
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'children' in Written Corpus Frequency: #285
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of children in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of children in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of children in a Sentence
Before I was married, I had a hundred theories about raising children and no children. Now, I have three children and no theories.
For most of the things children do, parents are responsible. A good seed, noble thoughts and upbringing deeds can determine the character and personality feeds of our children. The amount of money we spend on them is not funny, to please them that's ain't the way honey! Give them your time to make their life sublime. Children are soft clay, mould them the appropriate way. Let your children's life not be compromised, let them blossom in fertile fields to Get Mickeymized.
Freedom is never more than one generation away from extinction. We didn't pass it to our children in the bloodstream. It must be fought for, protected, and handed on for them to do the same, or one day we will spend our sunset years telling our children and our children's children what it was once like in the United States where men were free.
This case concerns highly personal and private matters relating to our children. The appeal was made to protect the best interests and welfare of the children. The outcome does not protect my children from media attention in the way that other children in family proceedings in the UK are protected, as a head of government, I was not able to participate in the court's fact-finding process. This has resulted in the release of a' fact-finding' judgment which inevitably tells only one side of the story. I ask that the media respect the privacy of our children and do not intrude into their lives in the UK.
I was raised in polygamy. I was born to Heidi and John Daniel. Heidi is John Daniel’s sixth wife out of 14 wives. My lifestyle growing up was kind of like she was just a single mom. My dad was the disciplinarian, it was a pretty abusive environment, primarily physical abuse from my dad, and then there was also sexual abuse within the group from children to children—the older children to younger children.
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- الأطفالArabic
- dětiCzech
- børnDanish
- KinderGerman
- παιδιάGreek
- infanojEsperanto
- niñosSpanish
- فرزندانPersian
- lapsetFinnish
- enfantsFrench
- clannIrish
- बच्चेHindi
- gyermekekHungarian
- anak-anakIndonesian
- bambiniItalian
- יְלָדִיםHebrew
- 子供Japanese
- ಮಕ್ಕಳುKannada
- 어린이Korean
- filiosLatin
- kinderenDutch
- barnNorwegian
- dzieciPolish
- criançasPortuguese
- copiiRomanian
- детиRussian
- barnSwedish
- குழந்தைகள்Tamil
- పిల్లలుTelugu
- เด็ก ๆThai
- çocuklarTurkish
- дітиUkrainian
- بچوںUrdu
- bọn trẻVietnamese
- קינדערYiddish
- 孩子Chinese
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