| query | Journalists often refer to young men as y_____, especially when they are reporting that the young men have caused trouble .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. A 17-year-old youth was remanded in custody yesterday. |
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| word | youth |
| full-definition | noun 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. 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. 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. A 17-year-old youth was remanded in custody yesterday. The youth are young people considered as a group. He represents the opinions of the youth of today. She's not a very good influence on the youth of this country. |
| inflections | youths |
| cefr-level | B1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b1
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