plural
children
/ˈtʃɪldrən/
plural
children
/ˈtʃɪldrən/
Learner's definition of CHILD
[count]
1
:
a young person
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the birth of a child
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She's pregnant with their first child.
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a play for both children and adults
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I went there once as a child. [=when I was a child]
—
often used before another noun.
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a child prodigy
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a child actor
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child development
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child psychologists
3
:
an adult who acts like a child
:
a childlike or childish person
4
:
a person who has been strongly influenced by a certain place or time or by the events happening during that time
children should be seen and not heard
— used to say that children should be quiet and well-behaved
