Definitions for youth
yuθ; yuθs, yuðzyouth

Princeton's WordNet(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. young person, youth, younker, spring chickennoun

   a young person (especially a young man or boy)

2. young, youthnoun

   young people collectively

   "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"

3. youthnoun

   the time of life between childhood and maturity

4. youthnoun

   early maturity; the state of being young or immature or inexperienced

5. youth, early daysnoun

   an early period of development

   "during the youth of the project"

6. youth, youthfulness, juvenilitynoun

   the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. youthnoun

   The quality or state of being young.

   Her youth and beauty is what attracted him to her.

2. youthnoun

   The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood.

3. youthnoun

   A young person

   There were a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music.

4. youthnoun

   A young man

5. youthnoun

   (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively.

6. Etymology: geoguþ, from West Germanic *juwunþ-, from a base corresponding to young + -th. Cognate with Dutch, German.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. YOUTHnoun

   Etymology: yeoguð , Saxon.

   1. The part of life succeeding to childhood and adolescence; the time from fourteen to twenty eight.

   But could youth last, and love still breed,
   Had joys no date, and age no need;
   Then these delights my mind might move,
   To live with thee, and be thy love. William Shakespeare.

   See how the morning opes her golden gates,
   And takes her farewel of the glorious sun;
   How well resembles it the prime of youth,
   Trim’d like a yonker, prancing to his love. William Shakespeare.

   His starry helm unbuckled show’d him prime
   In manhood, where youth ended. John Milton.

   The solidity, quantity, and strength of the aliment is to be proportioned to the labour or quantity of muscular motion, which in youth is greater than any other age. Arbuthnot.

   2. A young man.

   Siward’s son,
   And many unrough youths even now,
   Protest their first of manhood. William Shakespeare, Macbeth.

   If this were seen,
   The happiest youth viewing his progress through,
   What perils past, what crosses to ensue,
   Would shut the book and sit him down and die. William Shakespeare.

   About him exercis’d heroick games
   Th’ unarmed youth of heav’n. John Milton.

   O’er the lofty gate his art emboss’d
   Androgeos’ death, and off’rings to his ghost;
   Sev’n youths from Athens yearly sent, to meet
   The fate appointed by revengeful Crete. Dryden.

   The pious chief
   A hundred youths from all his train elects,
   And to the Latian court their course directs. Dryden.

   3. Young men. Collectively.

   As it is fit to read the best authors to youth first, so let them be of the openest and clearest; as Livy before Sallust, Philip Sidney before John Donne. Ben Jonson.

   The graces put not more exactly on
   Th’ attire of Venus, when the ball she won,
   Than that young beauty by thy care is drest,
   When all your youth prefers her to the rest. Edmund Waller.

Wikipedia(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Youth

   Youth is the time of life when one is young, and often means the time between childhood and adulthood (maturity). It is also defined as "the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young". Its definitions of a specific age range varies, as youth is not defined chronologically as a stage that can be tied to specific age ranges; nor can its end point be linked to specific activities, such as taking unpaid work or having sexual relations.Youth is an experience that may shape an individual's level of dependency, which can be marked in various ways according to different cultural perspectives. Personal experience is marked by an individual's cultural norms or traditions, while a youth's level of dependency means the extent to which they still rely on their family emotionally and economically.

Webster Dictionary(5.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. Youth

   of Youth

2. Youthnoun

   the quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility

3. Youthnoun

   the part of life that succeeds to childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to manhood

4. Youthnoun

   a young person; especially, a young man

5. Youthnoun

   young persons, collectively

6. Etymology: [OE. youthe, youhe, uhee, uwee, eoee, AS. geogu, geogo; akin to OS. jugu, D. jeugd, OHG. jugund, G. jugend, Goth. junda. 281. See Young.]

Freebase(2.25 / 4 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Youth

   Youth is generally the time of life between childhood and adulthood. Definitions of the specific age range that constitutes youth vary. An individual's actual maturity may not correspond to their chronological age, as immature individuals can exist at all ages. Youth is also defined as "the appearance, freshness, vigor, spirit, etc., characteristic of one who is young". Youth is a term used for people of both sexes, male and female, of a young age.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(4.50 / 2 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Youth

   yōōth, n. state of being young: early life: a young person: young persons taken together: (Shak.) recentness, freshness.—adj. Youth′ful, pertaining to youth or early life: young: suitable to youth: fresh: buoyant, vigorous.—adv. Youth′fully.—ns. Youth′fulness; Youth′head, Youth′hood (obs.), youth.—adjs. Youth′ly (Spens.), young, youthful; Youth′some, youthful; Youth′y, young. [A.S. geogoth—geong, young; Ger. jugend.]

The Foolish Dictionary, by Gideon Wurdz(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. YOUTH

   The dynamo that makes the world go round; a product of its own generation, with its wires carrying Power into the high places of Earth and with its currents of Thought short-circuited only by bigoted Old Age.

Editors Contribution(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. youth

   To begin adulthood.

   They both retained that feeling of youth as they chose to be active, energetic, open minded and loving.

   
   

   Submitted by MaryC on January 25, 2020  

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1. youth

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Matched Categories

1. • Age Group
   • Juvenile
   • Maturity
   • Time Of Life
   • Time Period
   • Youngness

British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'youth' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #1925

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'youth' in Written Corpus Frequency: #2451

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'youth' in Nouns Frequency: #741

How to pronounce youth?

1. Alex

   US English

   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

   British

   Libby

   British

   Mia

   British

   Karen

   Australian

   Hayley

   Australian

   Natasha

   Australian

   Veena

   Indian

   Priya

   Indian

   Neerja

   Indian

   Zira

   US English

   Oliver

   British

   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

   South African

How to say youth in sign language?

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of youth in Chaldean Numerology is: 5

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of youth in Pythagorean Numerology is: 8

Examples of youth in a Sentence

1. Mark Schoeberl:

   This unfortunately comes from an administration that has repeatedly placed the needs of the tobacco industry on equal footing with public health, the administration should instead focus on more meaningful efforts to end youth tobacco use and nicotine addiction.

2. Ben Lindsey:

   I do beseech you to direct your efforts more to preparing youth for the path and less to preparing the path for the youth.

3. Ward Cates:

   Anything that would get youth to wear condoms, I am for.

4. Zil Goldstein:

   Trans youth are trying to learn about sexual health and transitions. It can't be vague. It has to delve into some of the details. youTube lets people get more detailed information and find out more about how to transition, and ways to live a healthy life.

5. Cristina Jimenez:

   Executive action protecting immigrant youth and parents is solid, judge Hanen's ruling is not permanent and we are confident that it will be repealed in a higher court.

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