youth
♦♦ youth /j'uːθ/ (youths /j'uːðz/)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu poss N
Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.
In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
...the comic books of my youth.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Youth is the quality or state of being young.
Gregory was still enchanted with Shannon's youth and joy and beauty...
The team is now a good mixture of experience and youth.
3 [N-COUNT]
Journalists often refer to young men as youths, especially when they are reporting that the young men have caused trouble.
...gangs of youths who broke windows and looted shops...
4 [N-PLURAL] usu with poss
The youth are young people considered as a group.
He represents the opinions of the youth of today...youth club (youth clubs)
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A youth club is a club where young people can go to meet each other and take part in various leisure activities. Youth clubs are often run by a church or local authority.
...the youth club disco.youth hos|tel (youth hostels)
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A youth hostel is a place where people can stay cheaply when they are travelling.youth work|er (youth workers)
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A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social activities for young people, especially young people from poor backgrounds. (mainly BRIT)
1 [N-UNCOUNT] usu poss N
Someone's youth is the period of their life during which they are a child, before they are a fully mature adult.
In my youth my ambition had been to be an inventor.
...the comic books of my youth.
2 [N-UNCOUNT]
Youth is the quality or state of being young.
Gregory was still enchanted with Shannon's youth and joy and beauty...
The team is now a good mixture of experience and youth.
3 [N-COUNT]
Journalists often refer to young men as youths, especially when they are reporting that the young men have caused trouble.
...gangs of youths who broke windows and looted shops...
4 [N-PLURAL] usu with poss
The youth are young people considered as a group.
He represents the opinions of the youth of today...youth club (youth clubs)
[N-COUNT]
A youth club is a club where young people can go to meet each other and take part in various leisure activities. Youth clubs are often run by a church or local authority.
...the youth club disco.youth hos|tel (youth hostels)
[N-COUNT]
A youth hostel is a place where people can stay cheaply when they are travelling.youth work|er (youth workers)
[N-COUNT]
A youth worker is a person whose job involves providing support and social activities for young people, especially young people from poor backgrounds. (mainly BRIT)