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  1. adjective Being in an early period of life, development, or growth.
  2. adjective Newly begun or formed; not advanced: The evening is still young.
  3. adjective Of, belonging to, or suggestive of youth or early life: He is young for his age.
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  • Deborah reassured them, but felt anxious, as the young are apt to do when they feel responsible for the safety and well-being of the elderly. —  Laurels are Poison - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 14: 1942
  • John realizes being an example for the young is a huge social responsibility.
  • Unemployment for the young is a result of the government's efforts to turn colleges into a profitable industry that churns out too many graduates. —  Chinalyst - China blogs in English
  • Protecting the young is our first line of defence against drugs. —  WLNE - News
  • Protecting the young is a basic instinct that we evolved before we invented social discourse and organized events like religious gatherings and war. —  Best Syndication -
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Etymologies (2)

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  1. Middle English yong, from Old English geong; see yeu- in Indo-European roots.

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  1. Early modern English also yong; from Middle English yong, yung, ʒung, ʒong, ʒing, from Anglo-Saxon geong, giung, iung (in comparative also ging-, gyng-, geng-) = OFries. jung, jong = Old Saxon jung = Dutch jong = Middle Low German junk, Low German jung = Old High German Middle High German junc, German jung = Icelandic jungr, ungr = Swedish Danish ung = Gothic (Moesogothic) juggs (comparative juhiza?); Teutonic *yūnga, contr. of *yuwanga or *yuwanha = Welsh ieuangc = Latin juvencus = Sanskrit yuvaça, young; an extension or derivative, with adjective suffix (L. -cu-s), of a simpler form seen in L. juvenis = Old Bulgarian junû = Russian iunuiî, etc., = Lithuanian jaunus = Lettish jauns = Sanskrit yuvan, young; cf. Sanskrit yavishtha, youngest. From English young is ult. English youth. From the L. word are ult. English juvenile, juvenal, juvenescent, rejuvenate, etc.
 

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