"child" meaning in English

See child in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ʧaɪld/ Audio: en-us-child.ogg [US], en-uk-child.ogg [UK] Forms: child [singular], children [plural]
enPR: chīld Head templates: {{noun|2=children}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A child is a young person, usually older than a baby but younger than a teenager.
    Sense id: simple-child-en-noun-LSB43pWQ
  2. A child is the son or daughter of someone.
    Sense id: simple-child-en-noun-pb5DiaSO
  3. A child of a particular time, situation, or idea is a person who is strongly influenced by it.
    Sense id: simple-child-en-noun-CN99b1KQ
  4. A child is the product or result of something.
    Sense id: simple-child-en-noun-iUXGnjjI
  5. If a woman is with child, she is pregnant.
    Sense id: simple-child-en-noun-KtxBW~vZ
  6. A child in a tree structure is piece of data, process or object with a role or position closer to the root.
    Sense id: simple-child-en-noun-41PGu3vd Categories (other): Technical
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          "text": "The children were playing in the park."
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          "text": "Even as a child of six, I knew what hard work was."
        },
        {
          "text": "Taking care of young children is difficult work."
        },
        {
          "text": "This kind of teaching is useful for all children, not just those children with learning disabilities."
        },
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          "text": "We need to do a better job of educating our children."
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          "text": "We're collecting food for needy children."
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          "text": "I am my mother's child in every way."
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          "text": "My eldest child is now a doctor."
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          "text": "I drove a motorcycle until my children were born."
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          "text": "Anthropology is the child of Western colonialism."
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          "text": "The very idea of a garden is the child of water."
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        },
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        {
          "text": "Even as a child of six, I knew what hard work was."
        },
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        },
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          "text": "This kind of teaching is useful for all children, not just those children with learning disabilities."
        },
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          "text": "This book is the child of an earlier generation of grammatical theory."
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          "text": "The very idea of a garden is the child of water."
        }
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