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{
"term": "young",
"partOfSpeech": "adjective",
"ox3000": true,
"cefr": "a1",
"definitions": [
{
"senseNumber": 1,
"definition": "having lived or existed for only a short time; not fully developed",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "Young babies need to be wrapped up warmly."
},
{
"text": "a young country"
},
{
"text": "Caterpillars eat the young leaves of this plant."
},
{
"text": "It's a young wine, not really up to drinking yet."
},
{
"text": "The night is **still young** *(= it has only just started)*."
},
{
"text": "Small businesses, especially young ones, tend to operate on a tight budget."
},
{
"text": "Fruit Fresh is a young company that is growing fast."
},
{
"text": "It's quite a young orchestra."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 2,
"definition": "not yet old; not as old as others",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "**young people**"
},
{
"text": "They sent many **young men** and **women** off to war."
},
{
"text": "My son's thirteen but he's **young for his age** *(= not as developed as other boys of the same age)*."
},
{
"text": "I'm **too young** to remember much about the 1990s."
},
{
"text": "They **married young** *(= at an early age)*."
},
{
"text": "My mother **died young**."
},
{
"text": "She **looks much younger than** her 39 years."
},
{
"text": "I don't know how families with **young children** manage to cope."
},
{
"text": "a **young girl/boy/adult/person**"
},
{
"text": "**In his younger days** he played rugby for Wales."
},
{
"text": "I am the youngest of four sisters."
},
{
"text": "talented young football players"
},
{
"text": "I met the young Michelle Obama at Princeton."
},
{
"text": "Her grandchildren keep her young *(= keep her feeling young)*."
},
{
"text": "He seemed quite young to have so much responsibility."
},
{
"text": "He still looks young for his age."
},
{
"text": "I felt young again."
},
{
"text": "She looked young enough to be his daughter."
},
{
"text": "She still looks very young."
},
{
"text": "I met the young Bill Clinton at Oxford."
},
{
"text": "The composer died tragically young, just three days before her thirtieth birthday."
},
{
"text": "The team is full of talented young players."
},
{
"text": "This story is about a handsome young prince who falls in love with a village girl."
}
],
"topics": ["Life stages"],
"collocations": {
"verbs": ["be", "feel", "look"],
"adverb": ["extremely", "fairly", "very"],
"phrases": ["young at heart", "young for your age"]
}
},
{
"senseNumber": 3,
"definition": "consisting of young people or young children; with a low average age",
"cefr": "a1",
"ox3000": true,
"examples": [
{
"text": "They have a young family."
},
{
"text": "a young audience"
},
{
"text": "This cottage would be perfect for a couple with a young family."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 4,
"definition": "suitable or appropriate for young people",
"examples": [
{
"text": "young fashion"
},
{
"text": "The clothes she wears are much too young for her."
}
],
"synonyms": "youthful"
},
{
"senseNumber": 5,
"definition": "used to show that you are angry or annoyed with a particular young person",
"sensetop": "young man/lady/woman",
"examples": [
{
"text": "I think you owe me an apology, young lady!"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": 6,
"definition": "used before or after a person’s name to show the difference between them and an older relative",
"labels": "(British English, formal)",
"cefr": "b1",
"examples": [
{
"text": "the younger Kennedy"
},
{
"text": "William Pitt the younger"
}
],
"topics": ["Family and relationships"]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to say that people seem to be doing something at a younger age than they used to, or that they seem younger because you are now older",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "The band's fans are getting younger."
},
{
"text": "Why do police officers seem to be getting younger?"
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used when you are commenting that time is passing and that you are growing older",
"labels": "(informal)",
"examples": [
{
"text": "We need to start thinking about our retirement. We’re not getting any younger, you know."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "used to describe a young person who acts in a more sensible way than you would expect for a person of their age",
"examples": []
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "thinking and behaving like a young person even when you are old",
"examples": [
{
"text": "My father is 76 but he’s still young at heart."
},
{
"text": "He's over 70, but he's young at heart."
}
]
},
{
"senseNumber": null,
"definition": "young people should enjoy themselves as much as possible, because they will have to work and worry later in their lives",
"labels": "(saying)",
"examples": []
}
],
"pronunciations": {
"uk": [
{
"pronunciation": "/jʌŋ/",
"audio": "yo/young/young_1_gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjʌŋɡə(r)/",
"audio": "yo/young/younger__gb_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjʌŋɡɪst/",
"audio": "yo/young/youngest__gb_1.mp3"
}
],
"us": [
{
"pronunciation": "/jʌŋ/",
"audio": "yo/young/young__us_1.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjʌŋɡər/",
"audio": "yo/young/younger__us_2.mp3"
},
{
"pronunciation": "/ˈjʌŋɡɪst/",
"audio": "yo/young/youngest__us_1.mp3"
}
]
},
"wordOrigin": "Old English g(e)ong, of Germanic origin; related to Dutch jong and German jung, also to youth; from an Indo-European root shared by Latin juvenis."
}