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Thursday, July 21, 2011

child(child)

Pronunciation:/CHīld, /
noun (plural children /ˈCHildrən/)
  • a young human being below the age of puberty or below the legal age of majority.
  • a son or daughter of any age.
  • an immature or irresponsible person:she's such a child!
  • a person who has little or no experience in a particular area:he's a child in financial matters
  • (children) the descendants of a family or people:the children of Abraham
  • (child of) a person or thing influenced by a specified environment:a child of the sixtiesOPEC was in a sense a child of the Cold War

Phrases
child's play
a task that is easily accomplished.
from a child
since childhood.
with child
formal pregnant.
Derivatives
childless
adjective
childlessness
noun

Origin:
Old English cild, of Germanic origin. The Middle English plural childer or children became children or children by association with plurals ending in –en, such as brethren

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