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# toddler

«toddler» in Mova's school dictionary: **A young child who has just learned to walk, usually about…** — 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 (a toddler, toddlers)

### meaning for a pupil

A young child who has just learned to walk, usually about one to three years old. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life and safety: toddlers explore by touching and putting things in their mouths, so keep small objects, button batteries, medicines and cleaning products away; use stair gates; never leave a toddler alone near water, even a bath. As an older child you can help by closing gates, picking up small toys and telling an adult if a toddler is in danger. Phrases: toddler group, a toddler's tantrum, toddler gate, from toddler to teenager.

### examples

- My baby brother is a toddler now. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#x1)
- Toddlers wobble when they walk. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#x2)
- Keep small toys away from toddlers — they could choke. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#x3)
- A toddler can drown in very shallow water. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#x4)
- The toddler had a tantrum in the shop. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#x5)
- Close the stair gate so the toddler can't fall. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#x6)
- Toddlers love to copy what older children do. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#x7)
- We go to a toddler group on Fridays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/toddler/#x8)

### note

Countable: toddlers. From the verb «toddle» — to walk with short, wobbly steps. Order of ages: baby, toddler, child, teenager, adult.

### In the corpora

- [Small pieces are a choking danger for babies and toddlers, which is why boxes warn about children under three.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/32-lego-builds-instructions-vs-your-own-ideas/13/)
- ["The terrible twos" means the difficult stage of a toddler around age two.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/euphemisms/14-family-and-behaviour/18/)
- [Babies and toddlers need a safety gate at the top and bottom of the stairs.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/1-stairs/15/)
- [Empty buckets after use, because a toddler can fall headfirst into one and drown.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/109-baths-water-and-doors/9/)
- [Toddlers fall against the sharp corners of tables, so they need watching and grown-ups can fit corner guards.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/110-windows-balconies-and-furniture/14/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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