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# childhood

«childhood» in Mova's school dictionary: **the time of a person's life when they are a child** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (childhood, a childhood, childhoods)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Childhood is the time of a person's life when they are a child. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#m1)

2) A childhood is the kind of life someone had as a child (a happy childhood). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

In stories and history, childhood memories explain who a character is; grown-ups often remember their childhood home, friends and games. In lessons about growing up, childhood comes before being a teenager and an adult. Phrases: in my childhood, childhood friend, childhood memories, early childhood, a happy childhood.

### examples

- Grandma spent her childhood on a farm. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x1)
- He had a happy childhood by the sea. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x2)
- They have been best friends since childhood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x3)
- This song reminds Dad of his childhood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x4)
- Childhood is a time for playing and learning. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x5)
- She wrote a book about her childhood in Ireland. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x6)
- Doctors give children vaccines in early childhood. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x7)
- That old teddy bear was my childhood toy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x8)
- "Have you been obliged to toil in this way from your childhood?" [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/#x9)

### note

Mostly uncountable (in childhood), but countable for one person's kind of life (a hard childhood, their childhoods). Built from «child» + «-hood», like «neighbourhood». Spelt with one «d» before «h»: child-hood.

### In the corpora

- [Many parents tell a story from their own childhood to show that it happens to everyone.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/59-the-parents-walk-in-how-good-parents-react/22/)
- [Bad sunburns in childhood raise the chance of skin cancer later in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/86-sun-cold-and-growing-up/19/)
- [Many childhood injuries happen when children are bored and try risky things to pass the time.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/93-boredom-excitement-and-pride/19/)
- [Sunburn in childhood raises the risk of skin cancer later in life.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/210-first-aid-medicine-and-sun/19/)
- [Grown-ups give these rules out of love and from their own childhood, and some are half right.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/391-just-hit-him-back-or-tell-a-teacher/12/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «childhood» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/C/childhood/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.