tender
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈtɛndər/
- Both sons migrated at a tender age, while Ben II's younger offspring followed him directly to middle Florida.
- a tender age
- tender years
- tender years doctrine
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- You know, don't you, that the beginning of any process is most important, especially for anything young and tender.
Examples
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His daughter made her first onscreen debut at the tender age of two.
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I knew, even at that tender age, that this was nothing but charity.
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These kids are at a tender age.
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At such a tender age?
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Such a tender young thing.
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Because this, I mean, what they must have been going through must have been absolutely awful, particularly at such a tender and young age.
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Got a guy finally gonna try marriage at the tender age of 35.
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His daughter Sadie made her first onscreen debut in this film, at the tender age of two.
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These kids are at a tender age and need careful guidance.
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She expressed her thoughts with a tender heart, showing her innocence.
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- Informal
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2.5
Gentle, careful help and attention people give to someone or something that needs support
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7.0
A painful area where the leg meets the lower belly, often from a strain or injury
How Young
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Etymology
Tender meaning very young or inexperienced comes from the Latin tener meaning 'soft' or 'young', so someone of a 'tender' age is not yet fully grown and is still 'soft' in experience.