youth | |
1. n. The quality or state of being young. | |
Her youth and beauty attracted him to her. | |
2. n. The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood. | |
Make the most of your youth, it will not last forever. | |
I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all. | |
3. n. A young person. | |
There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music. | |
4. n. A young man; a male adolescent or young adult. | |
5. n. (used in plural form) Young persons, collectively. | |