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young

UK/jʌŋ/ US/jʌŋ/ very common informal
adjective (2) noun (9)

adjective

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(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth

  • “young people”
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2.

(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity

  • “new potatoes”
  • “young corn”
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noun

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any immature animal

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United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

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United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)

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British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)

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English poet (1683-1765)

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United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)

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young people collectively

  • “rock music appeals to the young”
  • “youth everywhere rises in revolt”
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Origin

Inherited from Middle English yong, yonge, from Old English ġeong, from Proto-West Germanic *jung, from Proto-Germanic *jungaz, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂yuHn̥ḱós, from *h₂yuh₁en- (“young”). Cognates Cognate with Alemannic German jung, jungu, junhs, jungà, jòng (“young”), Bavarian junk (“young”), Central Franconian, Luxembourgish jonk (“young”), Cimbrian djung, jung, junk (“young”), Dutch jong (“young”), German, German Low German, Mòcheno and Vilamovian jung (“young”), Limburgish jong, jonk (“young”), Yiddish יונג (yung, “young”), Danish, Norwegian Bokmål, Norwegian Nynorsk and Swedish ung (“young”), Faroese, Icelandic ungur (“young”), Gothic 𐌾𐌿𐌲𐌲𐍃 (juggs, “young”).

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  • young adulthood

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