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Commonchild
The correct spelling is child.
How to pronounce child
/t͡ʃaɪld/
nounIPA: /t͡ʃaɪld/
Say it like: Chi-ld
The correct spelling is child. A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority) For example: "Go easy on him: he is but a child."
Usage Examples
“Go easy on him: he is but a child.”
“My youngest child is forty-three this year.”
Meanings
noun
- 1.A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority)
- 2.(specifically) A female child, a girl.
- 3.(with possessive) One's direct descendant by birth, regardless of age; a son or daughter.
- 4.The thirteenth Lenormand card.
- 5.A figurative offspring, particularly:
verb
- 1.To give birth; to beget or procreate.
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