Definitions for youth
yuθ; yuθs, yuðzyouth

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

1. young person, youth, younker, spring chicken(noun)

   a young person (especially a young man or boy)

2. young, youth(noun)

   young people collectively

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

3. youth(noun)

   the time of life between childhood and maturity

4. youth(noun)

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

5. youth, early days(noun)

   an early period of development

   "during the youth of the project"

6. youth, youthfulness, juvenility(noun)

   the freshness and vitality characteristic of a young person

Wiktionary(1.00 / 1 vote)Rate this definition:

1. youth(Noun)

   The quality or state of being young.

   Her youth and beauty is what attracted him to her.

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

2. youth(Noun)

   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.

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

3. youth(Noun)

   A young person

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

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

4. youth(Noun)

   A young man

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

5. youth(Noun)

   (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively.

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

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

1. Youth

   of Youth

   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.]

2. Youth(noun)

   the quality or state of being young; youthfulness; juvenility

   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.]

3. Youth(noun)

   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

   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.]

4. Youth(noun)

   a young person; especially, a young man

   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.]

5. Youth(noun)

   young persons, collectively

   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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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?

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   Alex

   US English

   

   Daniel

   British

   

   Karen

   Australian

   

   Veena

   Indian

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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. Hassan Shibly:

   And it's frankly the same social factors that lead to youth joining various gangs. I think ISIS is just another gang.

2. Sir Walter Scott, Marmion (1808):

   Just at the age 'twixt boy and youth, When thought is speech and speech is truth.

3. Melina Jampolis:

   I believe initiatives and interventions like this should be a priority not only in the school setting, but could also be extended to the home and restaurant setting to combat our obesogenic environment and give our country's youth the best chance at fighting the obesity epidemic and avoiding a lifetime of obesity-related diseases, including heart disease, diabetes, depression, joint disease and certain types of cancer.

4. David Hogg:

   [They’re] trying to distract people from the March For Our Lives Road to Change, which we announced yesterday, [It’s] a push to get the highest numbers of youth voters ever in American history turn out to vote come this November.

5. John Grierson:

   Of course Moana, being a visual account of events in the daily life of a Polynesian youth and his family, has documentary value.

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