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child meaning
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Child
Biologically, a child (plural: children) is a human between the stages of birth and puberty.
Child may also describe a relationship with a parent (such as sons and daughters of any age) or,
There are many social issues that affect children, such as childhood education, bullying,
child
Noun
PL
children
PL
childer
A
human
between
birth
and
puberty
.
A
person
below
the
age
of
adulthood
;
a minor
(generally
below
18 years of
age
or
below
the legal
age
of responsibility or accountability).
One's
daughter
or
son
; an
offspring
.
Her
child
is in 1st grade.
My youngest
child
is forty-three.
(figuratively) An
offspring
; one
born
in, or
considered
a
product
of the
culture
of, a
place
.
(figuratively) A
member
of a
tribe
, a
people
or a
race
of
beings
; one
born
into or
considered
a
product
of a
people
.
(figuratively) A
thing
or
abstraction
derived
from or
caused
by
something
.
Poverty, disease, and despair are the
children
of war.
(computing) A
data
item
,
process
or
object
which has a
subservient
or
derivative
role
relative
to
another
data
item
,
process
or
object
.
The
child
node then stores the actual data of the parent node.
OBS
A
female
infant
; a
girl
.
More Examples
Used in the Middle of Sentence
The father tried to preoccupy the
child
with his keys.
Never leave a
child
unattended when you are running him a bath.
Parents of younger
children
often become upset when they are told that they cannot sit in on the psychological assessment.
Used in the Beginning of Sentence
Children
naturally gravitate to such a big, friendly man.
Children
may act up in class in an effort to get attention.
Children
who do not receive enough attention may begin to play up.
Used in the Ending of Sentence
he violence in these video games sits awkwardly with their stated aim of educating
children
.
Because of their liberal leanings they will co-educate their
children
.
He blanked out the abuse he had suffered as a
child
.
Meaning of
child
for the defined word.
Grammatically, this word "child" is a
noun
, more specifically, a
nouns with irregular plural
and a
countable noun
.
Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
Nouns
Nouns with irregular plurals
Countable nouns
Difficultness: Level 1
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2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Easy ➨ Difficult
Definiteness: Level 9
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Definite ➨ Versatile
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