childhood
11childhood — The term ‘child’ can be used to mean either an offspring or someone who has not reached full economic and jural status as an adult in a society. Individuals in the latter state are passing through an age related period known as childhood.… …
12childhood — n. 1) to spend one s childhood (somewhere) 2) one s second childhood 3) in one s childhood 4) since childhood * * * [ tʃaɪldhʊd] in one s childhood one s second childhood since childhood to spend one s childhood (somewhere) …
13childhood */*/ — UK [ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd] / US noun [countable/uncountable] Word forms childhood : singular childhood plural childhoods a) the time of your life when you are a child We spent our childhood in a small town in the mountains. b) [only before noun] connected… …
14childhood — [[t]tʃa͟ɪldhʊd[/t]] ♦♦♦ childhoods N VAR: oft poss N, N n A person s childhood is the period of their life when they are a child. She had a happy childhood... He was remembering a story heard in childhood. ...childhood illnesses …
15childhood — child|hood [ tʃaıld,hud ] noun count or uncount ** the time of your life when you are a child: We spent our childhood in a small town in the mountains. a. only before noun connected with childhood: happy childhood memories …
16childhood — /chuyld hood/, n. 1. the state or period of being a child. 2. the early stage in the existence of something: the childhood of the human race. [bef. 950; ME childhode, OE cildhad. See CHILD, HOOD] Syn. 1. youth, boyhood, girlhood, school days. * * …
17Childhood — (1) The time for a boy or girl from birth until he or she is an adult. (2) The more circumscribed period of time from infancy to the onset of puberty. During childhood, the potential of a unique human person must be nurtured by parents or parent… …
18childhood — noun born into a war torn environment, they are subject to experiences inappropriate for anyone s childhood Syn: youth, early years, early life, infancy, babyhood, boyhood, girlhood, prepubescence, minority; springtime of life, salad days; formal …
19childhood — [ˈtʃaɪldˌhʊd] noun [C/U] the time of your life when you are a child We spent our childhood in a small town in the mountains.[/ex] …
20childhood — /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ (say chuyldhood) noun 1. the state or time of being a child. 2. See second childhood …
