babyhood

«babyhood» in Mova's school dictionary: the time in your life when you are a baby, usually the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples.

part of speech

noun (babyhood — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

Babyhood is the time in your life when you are a baby, usually the first year or two. tree →

sense in the lessons

In science and personal lessons about the human life cycle: babyhood, childhood, adolescence (the teenage years), adulthood, old age. In everyday life and stories it describes memories, photos and toys from when you were a baby.

examples

• Most people cannot remember their babyhood. tree →
• These photos show my babyhood. tree →
• In babyhood we learn to sit, crawl and stand. tree →
• Babyhood comes before childhood. tree →
• The bear kept his blanket from babyhood. tree →
• During babyhood, babies sleep for most of the day. tree →

note

Uncountable. Made from «baby» + «-hood» (a state or time of life), like childhood, adulthood. Spelled «babyhood» (the y stays).

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «babyhood» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.