young

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They're young, they love technology and they all have fat bank accounts.

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any immature animal

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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)

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for young.

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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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United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)

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English poet (1683-1765)

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United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)

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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"

adjective

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

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(of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"

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suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age"

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being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young"

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not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"

Example sentences

They're young, they love technology and they all have fat bank accounts.

- This young guy was very articulate; I like him.

Maybe we should think of making games the same way: a fun thing to spend a few years doing when you're young and have the time.

This didn't seem like much, except to a young guy that joined the previous year and had done nothing but kick ass and take names.

For most, it was their first time facing a grieving widow with a young child hugging her leg. Those stories, coupled with the blame, changed the landscape of command.

Naming and shaming Carmen M. Ortiz for destroying the life of a young man is exactly what is necessary.

Tzvetkoff instantly became one of Australia's richest young men - purchasing a $25M home etc. etc.

It's different when you are younger and everything is new, you just chalk up a major tooling change as just something else to learn.

I interview, and one of them has the right mix of board members to think that a young and energetic "shooting star" is just what they want to kick their revenue in the rear.

Yes America has social security but it's not a ton of money compared to other national pensions and if you're young you worry about it not being around at all by the time you need it.

Quite often though industry biases will engage and they'll be put on duty keeping some legacy system alive because their deep knowledge of the system lets the company put 1 guy maintaining half a million lines of code in perpetuity vs. 10 young guys maintaining the same, who all wanting to leave after a few years to build more skills.

The people who actually work the port asked that they not disrupt the port, but in the end these dreadlocked, shiftless complainers cost those longshoremen a day in wages -- Viva El Proletariado!What we have today is a group of young, electively poor white kids who are upset that the price of unheated lofts and dingy Victorians are being driven up by people who have the means and motivation to actually own and improve them.