youth

The definition of a youth is a young person who has not yet reached adulthood and refers to the time period before you become an adult.

(noun)

  1. An example of a youth is a person who is only 14 years old.
  2. An example of youth is the time period before you turn 18 and become an adult.

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See youth in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun pl. youths

  1. the state or quality of being young, esp. of being vigorous and lively, or immature, impetuous, etc.
  2. the period of life coming between childhood and maturity; adolescence
  3. an early stage of growth or existence
  4. young people collectively
  5. a young person; esp., a young man

Origin: ME youthe < OE geoguthe < *jugunthi < Gmc *juwunthi (with g for w based on *dugunthi-, goodness, valor) akin to Du jeugd: for IE base see young

Cuban isle south of W Cuba: 849 sq mi (2,199 sq km)

See youth in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. youths youths (yo͞oths, yo͞oÞz)
  1. a. The condition or quality of being young.
    b. An early period of development or existence: a nation in its youth.
  2. The time of life between childhood and maturity.
  3. a. A young person, especially a young male in late adolescence.
    b. (used with a sing. or pl. verb) Young people considered as a group.
  4. Geology The first stage in the erosion cycle.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English youthe

Origin: , from Old English geoguth; see yeu- in Indo-European roots

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An island in the Caribbean Sea south of western Cuba. Discovered by Columbus in 1494, it was later a penal colony and a rendezvous for pirates. It was claimed by both the United States and Cuba until a 1925 treaty confirmed Cuba's sovereignty.

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