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# youth

«youth» in Mova's school dictionary: **the time of life when someone is young, especially the…** — 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 (youth, uncountable; a youth, youths; the youth)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Youth is the time of life when someone is young, especially the years between being a child and being an adult. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#m1)

2) A youth is a young man or teenager. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#m2)

3) The youth means young people as a group. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#m3)

4) Youth also means being young: freshness and energy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#m4)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life, «youth club», «youth team» and «youth hostel» are for young people. In stories, a character may remember their youth. In news, «a youth» usually means a teenage boy. Phrases: «in his youth», «youth club», «youth team», «the youth of today».

### examples

- Grandpa played football in his youth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#x1)
- My brother goes to the youth club on Fridays. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#x2)
- She plays for the under-twelves youth team. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#x3)
- A youth helped the old lady carry her bags. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#x4)
- The youth of the town planted trees in the park. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#x5)
- We stayed in a youth hostel on our trip. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#x6)
- The youth told him everything precisely. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/Y/youth/#x7)

### note

Uncountable for the time of life («in her youth»); countable for a young person («two youths»), plural «youths». Adjective: «youthful». «A youth» usually means a young man.

### In the corpora

- [In London youth slang «bare» means very or lots of: «That party was bare good».](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/english/11-homophones-and-near-homophones/18/)
- [Example: a footballer in a Liverpool youth team falls over on purpose to win a free kick.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/200-cheating-in-games/8/)
- [Leaving a group can feel scary, but trusted adults — parents, teachers, youth workers — can help.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/383-street-gangs-and-loyalty/22/)
- [A youth parliament is a group of young people elected to speak for other young people.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/3-who-can-vote-and-why-children-cannot/17/)
- [Youth groups are for older children and teenagers to meet, have fun, ask questions and grow in faith.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/religion-ethics/27-sunday-school-youth-groups-and-charity/6/)

### Trees and pragmatics

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