child
∞
1.0
- noun
- /tʃaɪld/
:
niño
- People should enjoy poetry the way a child enjoys snow.
- young children
- parent and child
- school children
And so we had our first child in Trenton.
- And so we had our first child in Trenton.
- I will raise this child to to torture you.
- When they killed our children, we had more.
- And so you were a child at at the same time.
- Nothing did that and the child knew it better than she.
- Does the woman I've had my children with need me?
- We taught the children, the children grew up and they voted.
Examples
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This is me as a child, a baby.
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After dinner, the child asked if she could play outside.
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This was a way for children to learn words.
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It's making our children go along with a lie.
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We will protect our children from want and from fear.
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And your children, they must miss their dad.
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Whole families have died, but there are also children without parents and parents without children.
Academic text (2011) -
The study was applied to a sample of 16 children aged between 7 and 10.
Academic text (2011) -
Tell me, Mr. Williams, were you unhappy as a child?
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You cannot teach a child what you don't know yourself.
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A young person, usually a child
777
1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
213
1.0
A child or teenager who is not yet an adult
190
2.8
A person who is not yet an adult by law
145
7.2
A friendly, informal way to call a child or young person
101
1.0
A young person, often a boy or young man
79
3.9
A young person who is not yet an adult
15
8.0
A young child who is lively and often naughty
14
9.3
A friendly way to say child or young animal
3
9.0
A child or young person in British English
2
5.5
A child or baby animal not yet fully grown
1
7.5
A young child
1
8.2
A small child or young goat that people talk about in a loving, informal way
1
8.7
A small child, often a boy, who is playful or naughty
1
7.4
Young children who are not yet adults
An old word for a child, often a boy
A young child in old or local language
Antonyms
Idioms
Compounds
111
2.7
Money a parent must pay to the parent who cares for their children after separation to help with living costs
- Offensive
86
3.7
Harming children physically, emotionally or sexually, often by an adult who looks after them
- Offensive
22
7.7
Pictures or videos that show children in sexual activity and are illegal
- Archaic
5
6.8
A young person, especially in the 1960s, who rejects normal values and supports peace and living simply with others
4
1.3
A child old enough to go to school, usually between five and fifteen years old
1
3.4
An organization that protects children and gives help for their safety and development
1
6.4
A child who comes home from school to an empty house and stays alone until parents return
1
3.2
A group that protects children and gives them social help and job training
- Literature
A child in old stories left by fairies to replace a family's real baby
How Young
Surface Forms
Etymology
Child comes from an old English word cild that meant 'baby', and it is like the German word Kind, which also means 'child'. So a child has always meant a young person who is not yet an adult.