youth (juːθ
)
Definitions
noun
Word forms: plural, youths, juːðz
- the quality or condition of being young, immature, or inexperienced ⇒
his youth told against him in the contest
- the period between childhood and maturity, esp adolescence and early adulthood
- the freshness, vigour, or vitality characteristic of young people ⇒
youth shone out from her face
- any period of early development ⇒
the project was in its youth
- a young person, esp a young man or boy
- young people collectively ⇒
youth everywhere is rising in revolt
Alternative Forms
ˈyouthless adjectiveWord Origin
Old English geogoth; related to Old Frisian jogethe, Old High German iugund, Gothic junda, Latin juventusQuotations
"Youth's a stuff will not endure"
"Young men have more virtue than old men; they have more generous sentiments in every respect"
"Youth, which is forgiven everything, forgives itself nothing: age, which forgives itself anything, is forgiven nothing"
"Whom the gods love dies young"
"The whining schoolboy, with his satchelAnd shining morning face, creeping like snailUnwillingly to school"
"Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive,But to be young was very heaven"
"Youth is a disease that must be borne with patiently! Time, indeed, will cure it"
"I've never understood why people consider youth a time of freedom and joy. It's probably because they have forgotten their own"
"Hope I die before I get old"
"The atrocious crime of being a young man... I shall neither attempt to palliate nor deny"
"Youth must be served"
Translations
- British English:
youth
Someone's youth is the period of their life when they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.In my youth I wanted to be an inventor.juːθ NOUN In my youth I wanted to be an inventor.
- Spanish:
juventud
nf
- French:
jeunesse
nf
- German:
Jugend
nf
- Chinese: 青春 n
- Arabic: شَباب n
- Portuguese: juventude nf
- Russian: молодость nf
- Croatian: mladost nf
- Czech: mládí nnt
- Danish: ungdom nutr
- Dutch: jeugd n
- Finnish: nuoruus n
- Greek: νεότητα nf
- Italian: gioventù nf
- Japanese: 青春時代 n
- Korean: 청소년 n
- Norwegian: ungdomstid nm
- Polish: młodzież nf
- Brazilian Portuguese: juventude nf
- European Spanish:
juventud
nf
- Swedish: ungdom nutr
- Thai: วัยหนุ่มสาว n
- Turkish: gençlik n
- Vietnamese: tuổi trẻ n
Usage examples
He squeezed her hand, trying to inject some of his youth into her, his sense of a future.
, THE COMPANY OF STRANGERS (2002)Stop The Violence was launched by a Nottingham-based youth collective, Raw Talent, in an effort to stop gun violence in the city.
NME (New Musical Express) (2003)Her ideals as a performer have moved worlds away from the simple Sutherland adulation of her youth.
Irish Times (2002)'It is not just a case of disenfranchised Glasgow youth bullying someone who they may think is below them in the pecking order.
Glasgow Herald (2001)Blood rites may seem cruel adjuncts to the process, but in reality they are part of the movement away from youth into adulthood.
, ABORIGINE DREAMING: Introduction to the Wisdom and Thought of the Aboriginal Traditions of Australia (2002)