child
child
(tʃaɪld )Word forms: plural children
1. countable noun
A child is a human being who is not yet an adult.
When I was a child I lived in a country village.
He's just a child.
...a child of six.
It was only suitable for children.
2. countable noun
Someone's children are their sons and daughters of any age.
How are the children?
His children have left home.
The young couple decided to have a child.
