youth
Because it is a word with a single syllable, youth is not hyphenated. The words that have a single syllable are called monosyllabic words.
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Definitions ofyouth
- The quality or state of being young.
Synonyms: juvenility, youthfulness
Example: "Her youth and beauty attracted him to her."
- 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.
Example: "I made many mistakes in my youth, but learned from them all."
- A young person.
Example: "There was a group of youths hanging around the parking lot, reading fashion magazines and listening to music."
- A young man; a male adolescent or young adult.
Synonyms: boy, "young man"
- (used with a plural or singular verb) Young persons, collectively.
Synonyms: adolescents, kids, teenagers, teens, "young people", youngsters
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