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chil⋅dren

  [chil-druhn]
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–noun
pl. of child.
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child

  [chahyld]
–noun, plural chil⋅dren.
1. a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl: books for children.
2. a son or daughter: All my children are married.
3. a baby or infant.
4. a human fetus.
5. a childish person: He's such a child about money.
6. a descendant: a child of an ancient breed.
7. any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.: Abstract art is a child of the 20th century.
8. a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.: a child of poverty; a child of famine.
9. British Dialect Archaic. a female infant.
10. Archaic. childe.
—Idiom
11. with child, pregnant: She's with child.
Origin:
bef. 950; ME; OE cild; akin to Goth kilthai womb

Related forms:
childless, adjective
child⋅less⋅ness, noun
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child   (chīld)   
n.   pl. chil·dren (chĭl'drən)
    1. A person between birth and puberty.
    2. A person who has not attained maturity or the age of legal majority.
    3. An unborn infant; a fetus.
    4. An infant; a baby.
    5. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
    6. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).
    1. An unborn infant; a fetus.
    2. An infant; a baby.
    3. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
    4. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).
  3. One who is childish or immature.
  4. A son or daughter; an offspring.
  5. A member of a tribe; descendant: children of Abraham.
    1. An individual regarded as strongly affected by another or by a specified time, place, or circumstance: a child of nature; a child of the Sixties.
    2. A product or result of something specified: "Times Square is a child of the 20th century" (Richard F. Shepard).

[Middle English, from Old English cild.]
child'less adj., child'less·ness n.
chil·dren   (chĭl'drən)   
n.  Plural of child.
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Children

Chil"dren\, n.; pl. of Child.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary, © 1996, 1998 MICRA, Inc.
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Language Translation for : children
Italian: bambino,
German: das Kind,
Japanese: 子供
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Main Entry: children
plural of CHILD
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