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Narrator: Today's word is "Young" — adjective, pronounced /jʌŋ/, with the stress on "young".
Narrator: Young means having lived or existed for only a short time.
Narrator: In plain English, young means not old.
Narrator: It comes from Old English geong.
Narrator: A common collocation is "young people", which describes teenagers and young adults.
Narrator: It differs from "new", because young is for living things, while new is for objects.
Narrator: In a second sense, "the young" are baby animals, as in a bird feeding its young.
Narrator: Education, health, marketing and nature all rely on the word.
Narrator: So remember: young means early in life.
Speaker A: How old is the new manager?
Speaker B: Very YOUNG, only twenty-six! From Old English geong.
Speaker A: Good at the job?
Speaker B: Brilliant.
Speaker A: Example sentences?
Speaker B: "Young children need sleep", parenting. "The birds fed their young", nature. "She's young at heart", personality.
Speaker A: Common mistakes?
Speaker B: Comparatives are "younger" and "youngest", with a hard g sound.
Speaker A: Close relatives?
Speaker B: Youthful is its cousin, junior its twin, and juvenile an alternative — yet young keeps its fresh charm!
Speaker B: Let's use "young" in AI prompts — useful for education and audience targeting.
Speaker A: How for education?
Speaker B: Simplify.
Prompt: Explain photosynthesis for young children aged six.
Speaker A: And audiences?
Speaker B: Segment.
Prompt: Suggest content ideas that appeal to young adults aged eighteen to twenty-four.
Speaker A: Could it help safety?
Speaker B: Yes, for settings.
Prompt: Recommend safety settings for young users of a messaging app.
Speaker A: One more?
Speaker B: Nature.
Prompt: Write a fact file on how foxes raise their young.
Young — meaning in Arabic & definition More Y courses GL Dictionary