pl. of child
Origin of children
see child
Happy children on a playground.
The definition of children means more than one child.
An example of children is the group of two year olds playing at the park.
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noun
Plural of child
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See also father; mother; parents.
bastardy the condition of being a bastard. filicide 1. a parent who kills a son or daughter. 2. the killing of a son or daughter by a parent. —filicidal, adj. hyperactivity abnormal or excessive activity or constant excitability, especially in children. —hyperactive, adj. misopedia an abnormal dislike of children. —misopedist, misopaedist, n. pedagogics the science or art of teaching or education. Also called pedagogy. —pedagogue, paedagogue, pedagog, n. pederasty a sexual act between two males, especially when one is a minor. —pederast, paederast, n. pediatrics the branch of medicine that studies the diseases of children and their treatment. —pediatrician, paediatrician, n. pedodontics, pedodontia a branch of dentistry specializing in children’s dental care. —pedodontist, n. pedology the branch of medical science that studies the physical and psychological events of childhood. —pedologist, n. —pedological, adj. pedophilia a sexual attraction to children. —pedophiliac, pedophilic, adj. pedophobia an abnormal fear of children. —pedophobiac, n. postremogeniture the quality or condition of being the youngest child. See also law. primogeniture the quality or condition of being a firstborn child. See also law. prolicide 1. the crime of killing one’s own children. 2. a parent who kills his own children. —prolicidal, adj. tecnology pedology. ultimogeniture postremogeniture. unigeniture the quality or condition of being an only child.Ologies & -Isms. Copyright 2010 The Gale Group, Inc. All rights reserved.
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Noun
- plural form of child.
Origin
From Middle English children, alteration of earlier childre (“children"), from Old English Ä‹ildru, Ä‹ildra (“children"), plural of Ä‹ild (“child").
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Sentence Examples
- A house without children is not a home.
- They had two adopted children already.
- The school was more than a mile from their home, and the children trotted along as fast as their short legs could carry them.
- Bad guys were everywhere and children running away.
- The children will live just the same.
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