young
(used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth
How often you will meet it
Rank 133 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 183,977 times across 173,849 chapters — 0.087% of every word in the library.
It belongs to the first 500 words, the band worth learning before any other.
What it means
adjective
- (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth also: immature young people
- (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity also: new new potatoesyoung corn
- suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh also: youthful, vernal he is young for his age
- being in its early stage a young industrythe day is still young
- not tried or tested by experience also: unseasoned, untested, untried unseasoned artillery volunteersstill untested in battle
noun
- any immature animal also: offspring
- United States film and television actress (1913-2000) also: Loretta Young
- United States civil rights leader (1921-1971) also: Whitney Young, Whitney Moore Young Jr.
young in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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Let me tell you this, young man.
The Betrayal · E. Phillips (Edward Phillips) Oppenheim · Chapter 1
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Still, having expected nothing, the young step-mother was not disappointed.
Christian's Mistake · Dinah Maria Mulock Craik · Chapter 1
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Gloria's thought of the two as the composite guardian of her important young peace and happiness--as well as money.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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Your mysterious young friend, whose name you have never told me, but whose picture really fascinates me, never thinks.
The Picture of Dorian Gray · Oscar Wilde · Chapter 1
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She was very young, only twenty also, but there was a maturity in her to which the boy made an appeal.
The Courage of the Commonplace · Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews · Chapter 1