tender
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3.2
- adjective
- /ˈtɛndər/
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joven
- 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
You know, don't you, that the beginning of any process is most important, especially for anything young and tender.
- 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.
Fiction book (2001) -
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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Compounds
- Informal
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2.5
Gentle, careful help and attention people give to someone or something that needs support
How Young
Surface Forms
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.