youth

«youth» in Mova's school dictionary: the time of life when someone is young, especially the… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (youth, uncountable; a youth, youths; the youth)

meaning for a pupil

1) Youth is the time of life when someone is young, especially the years between being a child and being an adult. tree →

2) A youth is a young man or teenager. tree →

3) The youth means young people as a group. tree →

4) Youth also means being young: freshness and energy. tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «youth club», «youth team» and «youth hostel» are for young people. In stories, a character may remember their youth. In news, «a youth» usually means a teenage boy. Phrases: «in his youth», «youth club», «youth team», «the youth of today».

examples

• Grandpa played football in his youth. tree →
• My brother goes to the youth club on Fridays. tree →
• She plays for the under-twelves youth team. tree →
• A youth helped the old lady carry her bags. tree →
• The youth of the town planted trees in the park. tree →
• We stayed in a youth hostel on our trip. tree →
• The youth told him everything precisely. tree →

note

Uncountable for the time of life («in her youth»); countable for a young person («two youths»), plural «youths». Adjective: «youthful». «A youth» usually means a young man.

In the corpora

• In London youth slang «bare» means very or lots of: «That party was bare good».
• Example: a footballer in a Liverpool youth team falls over on purpose to win a free kick.
• Leaving a group can feel scary, but trusted adults — parents, teachers, youth workers — can help.
• A youth parliament is a group of young people elected to speak for other young people.
• Youth groups are for older children and teenagers to meet, have fun, ask questions and grow in faith.

Trees and pragmatics

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