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nuoruus — meaning in English

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English meaning

  • adolescence noun The stage of life between childhood and adulthood, roughly spanning the teenage years.
  • minority noun A smaller part of a larger group, especially as a proportion of votes, opinions, or numbers.
  • time noun The ongoing flow of existence in which events happen — what clocks and calendars measure in seconds, hours, days and years.
  • youth noun The period of life between childhood and adulthood.

Senses

nuoruus is used for these senses in English:

  • adolescence The transitional period of physical and psychological development between childhood and maturity.
  • minority The state of being a minor; youth, the period of a person's life prior to reaching adulthood. [from 15th c.]
  • time (uncountable, with, possessive) A person's youth or young adulthood, as opposed to the present day.
  • youth (uncountable) The quality or state of being young.
  • youth (uncountable) The part of life following childhood; the period of existence preceding maturity or age; the whole early part of life, from childhood, or, sometimes, from infancy, to adulthood.

minority — full definition

  1. noun A smaller part of a larger group, especially as a proportion of votes, opinions, or numbers.
  2. noun A group of people distinguished by ethnicity, religion, or other traits, who make up a smaller and often disadvantaged part of a larger society.
  3. adj Relating to, or held by, a smaller group rather than the majority.

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