What part of speech is young?

Young can be categorized as an adjective and a noun.

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Parts of speech

  • 1. young is a noun.
  • 2. young is an adjective.

Inflections

Noun

Adjective

  • Positive
    Comparative
    Superlative
  • young 
    more young
    most young
  • Positive: young 
  • Comparative: more young
  • Superlative: most young

What does young mean?

Definitions

Adjective

young - (used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth; "young people"
young - being in its early stage; "a young industry"; "the day is still young"
young - suggestive of youth; vigorous and fresh; "he is young for his age"
young - (of crops) harvested at an early stage of development; before complete maturity; "new potatoes"; "young corn"
young - not tried or tested by experience; "unseasoned artillery volunteers"; "still untested in battle"; "an illustrator untried in mural painting"; "a young hand at plowing"

Verb

young - To become or seem to become younger.
young - To cause to appear younger.
young - To exhibit younging.

Noun

young - any immature animal
young - young people collectively; "rock music appeals to the young"; "youth everywhere rises in revolt"
Young - British physicist and Egyptologist; he revived the wave theory of light and proposed a three-component theory of color vision; he also played an important role in deciphering the hieroglyphics on the Rosetta Stone (1773-1829)
Young - United States religious leader of the Mormon Church after the assassination of Joseph Smith; he led the Mormon exodus from Illinois to Salt Lake City, Utah (1801-1877)
Young - United States baseball player and famous pitcher (1867-1955)
Young - English poet (1683-1765)
Young - United States jazz tenor saxophonist (1909-1959)
Young - United States civil rights leader (1921-1971)
Young - United States film and television actress (1913-2000)

Examples of young

#   Sentence  
1. noun Rock music appeals to the young.
2. noun Worms (and Daphnia) are also rich in Lipids, substances important in forming eggs and growing young.
3. noun Young as he is, he is a man of ability.
4. noun Young as he is, he has much experience.
5. noun Young as he is, he is a very reliable person.
6. noun Young as he is, he is as great a mathematician as ever lived.
7. noun Young as she was, she devotedly attended on her sick grandmother.
8. noun Young as he is, he has a large family to support.
9. noun Young as he is, he has a large family to provide for.
10. noun Young as he is, he is a good leader.
11. noun Young as he is, he is very careful.
12. noun Young as he is, he is quite intelligent.
13. noun Young as he is, he is a good doctor.
14. noun Young as he is, he is equal to the task.
15. noun Young as he is, he is a good lawyer.
16. adj. Young people.
17. adj. A young industry.
18. adj. The day is still young.
19. adj. He is young for his age.
20. adj. Young corn.
21. adj. A young hand at plowing.
22. adj. A 1971 evaluation called Bush “an exceptionally fine young officer and pilot” who “continually flies intercept missions with the unit to increase his proficiency even further.”.
23. adj. Police said Bernard confessed to detectives that he had sex with a young girl in November 2002 and admitted to knowing about sexual acts involving children and a dog that occurred at Hosanna Church.
24. adj. This campaign season, there have been questions about whether George W. Bush fulfilled his obligations to the National Guard as a young lieutenant in the early 1970s.
25. adj. In 1972, Baba Groom was a smart, funny young woman smack-dab in the middle of an exciting US Senate campaign.
26. adj. Ask her about the handsome young man from Texas, and she remembers him 32 years later like it was yesterday.
27. adj. It was the young Texan's job to find out what each county leader needed in the way of campaign supplies and get those supplies to them.
28. adj. He dated a beautiful young woman working on the campaign.
29. adj. It is the marrying off of young girls to older men often close relatives that enfurates me.
30. adj. Two young men delivering information about the Mormon genealogy program.
Sentence  
noun
Rock music appeals to the young.
Worms (and Daphnia) are also rich in Lipids, substances important in forming eggs and growing young.
Young as he is, he is a man of ability.
Young as he is, he has much experience.
Young as he is, he is a very reliable person.
Young as he is, he is as great a mathematician as ever lived.
Young as she was, she devotedly attended on her sick grandmother.
Young as he is, he has a large family to support.
Young as he is, he has a large family to provide for.
Young as he is, he is a good leader.
Young as he is, he is very careful.
Young as he is, he is quite intelligent.
Young as he is, he is a good doctor.
Young as he is, he is equal to the task.
Young as he is, he is a good lawyer.
adj.
Young people.
A young industry.
The day is still young.
He is young for his age.
Young corn.
A young hand at plowing.
A 1971 evaluation called Bush “an exceptionally fine young officer and pilot” who “continually flies intercept missions with the unit to increase his proficiency even further.”.
Police said Bernard confessed to detectives that he had sex with a young girl in November 2002 and admitted to knowing about sexual acts involving children and a dog that occurred at Hosanna Church.
This campaign season, there have been questions about whether George W. Bush fulfilled his obligations to the National Guard as a young lieutenant in the early 1970s.
In 1972, Baba Groom was a smart, funny young woman smack-dab in the middle of an exciting US Senate campaign.
Ask her about the handsome young man from Texas, and she remembers him 32 years later like it was yesterday.
It was the young Texan's job to find out what each county leader needed in the way of campaign supplies and get those supplies to them.
He dated a beautiful young woman working on the campaign.
It is the marrying off of young girls to older men often close relatives that enfurates me.
Two young men delivering information about the Mormon genealogy program.

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