child

4 definitions • 9 examples

a boy or girl from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age:

an eight-year-old child

As a child I didn't eat vegetables.

A small group of children waited outside the door.

Both her children are now married with children of their own.

Jan is married with three young children.

an adult who behaves badly, like a badly behaved child:

He's such a child if he doesn't get his own way.

someone who has been very influenced by a particular period or situation:

Me, I'm a child of the 60s.

a person from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any age:

Jan has a three-year-old child and two school-age children.

Now in their 60s, Jerome and Sally have two grown children (= adult sons or daughters).