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# younger

«younger» in Mova's school dictionary: **having lived fewer years than someone else** — 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

adjective (comparative of young; young, younger, youngest)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Younger means having lived fewer years than someone else. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#m1)

2) Younger can mean in an earlier part of life: «when I was younger». [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#m2)

### sense in the lessons

fewer years than another person: «A is D years younger than B»: A = B − D; «How much younger» asks for a difference; phrases: «younger than», «younger brother», «younger sister», «the youngest»

### examples

- Anna is 2 years younger than Tom. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x1)
- Ben is 8, and his brother is 3 years younger. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x2)
- How much younger is Lily than Sam? [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x3)
- My younger brother is in Year 1. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x4)
- When I was younger, I was scared of dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x5)
- She is the youngest in her family. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x6)
- Puppies are younger dogs. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x7)
- Younger children must hold an adult's hand near the road. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x8)
- "We won't let the younger marry before her elders." [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/younger/#x9)

### note

«A is D years younger than B»: A = B − D. Trap: if A's age is given, B = A + D. «younger» is the opposite of «older».

### In the corpora

- [Some apps have a mode for younger users with extra safety; it helps but is not perfect.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/ai/6-why-the-bot-agrees-too-easily/11/)
- [Voice actors can sound much younger or older than they are, and many children's voices in cartoons are done by adults.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/24-voices-sound-and-music-in-films-and-cartoons/5/)
- [When the younger animals cried «Toad!](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/books/73-willows-ch12-part4-an-altered-toad/22/)
- [Younger children go to public toilets with an adult or a friend, never with a stranger.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/78-eyes-nose-and-the-toilet/14/)
- [Younger siblings copy older ones because they admire them and learn by watching.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/94-frustration-loneliness-and-siblings/11/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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