young woman
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1.0
- noun
- /jʌŋ ˈwʊmən/
:
mujer joven
- The young woman was excited to start her first day at university.
- girls and young women
- a beautiful young woman
- young women and children
He, he meets this young woman at college.
- He, he meets this young woman at college.
- I just saw a young woman actually from LA.
- What is going on inside this young woman sitting there by the phone?
- Should this young woman come back to the UK?
- So we built this house to teach young women a skill and a trade.
- And I think of a young woman called Adi Baruch.
- And I thought she was the smartest young woman in my class.
- And now she's a woman, a young woman with a double mastectomy.
- I'm seeing the light because of courageous young women like you.
- Because there aren't enough young women with access to learn these skills.
- And then finally there's a daughter, a young woman who's died.
- And and like you said, young women are doing worse than young men.
- After a Nazi killed a young woman named Heather Heyer.
- I was very dependent as a young woman.
Examples
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She's a remarkable young woman.
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The face on its screen was that of a young woman, fresh-faced and eager.
Fiction book (1991) -
I just saw a young woman actually from LA.
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What is going on inside this young woman sitting there by the phone?
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Should this young woman come back to the UK?
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So we reached out to young women on social media.
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Just this morning, some young women came in.
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At the foot of those stairs stood a young woman with her hand to her face.
Fiction book (1990) -
The real surprise was that the young woman from New Mexico insisted on joining them.
Fiction book (1991) -
As I stood near the door, a young woman slipped into the room.
Fiction book (1991)
Synonyms
∞
1.0
A young female who is not yet an adult
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1.0
A girl or young woman in her teens to early twenties
95
8.8
A young girl or young woman someone speaks to in a casual, slightly rude way
41
4.8
A girl or young woman
35
9.5
A Scottish word for a girl or young woman
19
2.8
A young woman or girl called in a polite, friendly way
Antonyms
How Young
Surface Forms
Morphology
The phrase 'young woman' is fully compositional: its meaning is directly derived from 'young' (not old, youthful) modifying 'woman' (an adult female). This straightforward adjective + noun combination follows common cross-linguistic patterns, so a B1 learner who knows both words will readily understand the intended sense.
Etymology
Young woman simply joins young and woman. Picture a woman who is still young, maybe in her teens or twenties, so it means 'a female person who is young'.