youth
US /juθ/
Definition
a young person (especially a young man or boy)
Tested in TOEIC business and workplace contexts.
Examples
The company runs a program to train young people in new skills.
Synonyms
- adolescencethe time period between the beginning of puberty and adulthood
- youngstera young person of either sex
- juvenilea young person, not fully developed
Collocations
- Easy in one's early youthindicating a state, position, or relationship within one's early youth
- Medium promote youth employment initiativesto promote youth employment initiatives, meaning to contribute to the progress or growth of
- Hard harness demographic dividend of vibrant youth populationsto harness demographic dividend of vibrant youth populations, meaning to put a harness
- Very Hard the fountain of youth sought vainly by aging monarchsreferring to the fountain of youth sought vainly by aging monarchs
Learner's English edition · Curated definitions for TOEIC learners.