Youth Definition & Meaning | Britannica Dictionary (original) (raw)

Britannica Dictionary definition of YOUTH

1

:

the time of life when someone is young

:

the time when a young person has not yet become an adult

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• He spent his youth in the Midwest.
• He got into a lot of trouble in his youth.
• a generation trying to recapture lost youth
• youth groups
• (Brit) a youth club [=a club that provides various activities for young people]

[singular]

• She had a troubled/privileged youth.

— see also fountain of youth

2

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:

the time when something is new and not yet established

• when the industry was still in its youth

3

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:

a teenage boy or young man

• a tough-looking youth
• Four youths are suspected of starting the fire.

4

the youth

:

young people

• the youth of today
• The show sends a strong message to the youth of America.
• The city's youth need strong role models.

5

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:

the quality or state of being young

• She's 70 years old but still full of youth.