child
/tʃaɪld/
noun
- A young person, especially one between infancy and adolescence.
- Every child in the class received a certificate for participating.
- As a child, he loved reading books about dinosaurs.
- The child played happily in the park with her friends.
- A son or daughter of any age.
- They have one child, a daughter who lives in another city.
- Even as an adult, he is still their child and they worry about him.
- She is the youngest child of three siblings.
- A person who is strongly influenced by a particular time, place, or situation.
- As a child of the 1990s, she grew up with the internet and cell phones.
- He was a child of the Great Depression, which shaped his frugal habits.
- She is a child of the digital age, comfortable with technology from a young age.
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