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In the biological sciences, a child is usually defined as a person between birth and puberty, [1][2] or between the developmental period of infancy and puberty. [3] Legally, the term child may refer to anyone below the age of majority or some other age limit. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines child as, "A human ...
A thesaurus (pl.: thesauri or thesauruses), sometimes called a synonym dictionary or dictionary of synonyms, is a reference work which arranges words by their meanings (or in simpler terms, a book where one can find different words with similar meanings to other words), [1] [2] sometimes as a hierarchy of broader and narrower terms, sometimes simply as lists of synonyms and antonyms.
A synonym is a word, morpheme, or phrase that means precisely or nearly the same as another word, morpheme, or phrase in a given language. [2] For example, in the English language, the words begin, start, commence, and initiate are all synonyms of one another: they are synonymous. The standard test for synonymy is substitution: one form can be ...
Latchkey kid. A latchkey kid, or latchkey child, is a child who returns to an empty home after school (or other activities) or a child who is often left at home with no supervision because their parents are away at work. Such a child can be any age, alone or with siblings who are also under the age of maturity for their community.
Sometimes, I write down dozens of synonyms before I find the perfectly pitched combination of words, whether I’m aiming for a slow hum like “under rumbled mountain quilts” (from "Dream Big ...
According to the Merriam-Webster Dictionary, a boy is "a male child from birth to adulthood". [1] The word "boy" comes from Middle English boi, boye ("boy, servant"), related to other Germanic words for boy, namely East Frisian boi ("boy, young man") and West Frisian boai ("boy"). Although the exact etymology is obscure, the English and Frisian ...
Common meanings. Colloquial term for a child or other young person. Also for a parent's offspring regardless of age. Engage in joking. Young goat. The goat meat of young goats. Kidskin, leather from young goats. Another way to be referring to one's son or daughter.
Orphan. An orphan is a child whose parents have died, are unknown or have permanently abandoned them. It can also refer to a child who has lost only one parent, as the Hebrew translation, for example, is "fatherless". [1][2] In common usage, only a child who has lost both parents due to death is called an orphan.