child
/tʃaɪld/ noun A1- A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority). · Go easy on him: he is but a child.· Regular chores can be appropriate for children, given age-appropriate limits on difficulty level and time on task.
- A youth aged 1 to 9 years, whereas neonates are aged 0 to 1 month, infants are aged 1 to 12 months, and adolescents are aged 10 to 20 years.
- One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; one's offspring; a son or daughter. · My youngest child is forty-three this year.· His adult children visit him yearly.
- The thirteenth Lenormand card.
- A person considered a product of a place or culture, a member of a tribe or culture, regardless of age. · the children of Israel· He is a child of his times.
- Anything derived from or caused by something.
- A data item, process, or object which has a subservient or derivative role relative to another. · The child node then stores the actual data of the parent node.
- A subordinate node of a tree.
Plural children
From the library
“Upon my word, child!” exclaimed the angry marquise, “your folly exceeds all bounds.
“Yes, indeed,” answered the child.
“Yes,” answered the child, looking up and drying her tears.
“Let us hope, my child,” cried the marquis, “that M.
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