childchild /tʃaɪld/ ●●● S1 W1 noun (plural children /ˈtʃɪldrən/) [countable] 
young person someone who is not yet an adult SYN kid: 
The hotel is ideal for families with young children. The film is not suitable for children under 12. I was very happy as a child (=when I was a child).a child of five/eight etc For a child of five this was a terrifying experience. a famous writer of children’s books child victims of war2son/daughter a son or daughter of any age: I have five children, all happily married. She lives with her husband, Paul, and three grown-up children. Annie had always wanted to get married and have children. Alex is an only child (=he has no brothers or sisters). Our youngest child, Sam, has just started university.eldest child especially BrE, oldest child especially American English the decision to bring a child into the world (=have a baby)3somebody influenced by an idea someone who is very strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular period of historychild of a real child of the sixties4somebody who is like a child someone who behaves like a child and is not sensible or responsible – used to show disapproval: She’s such a child!5something is child’s play used to say that something is very easy to do: I’ve cooked for 200 people before now. So, tonight is child’s play by comparison.6children should be seen and not heard an expression meaning that children should be quiet and not talk – used when you disapprove of the way a child is behaving7be with child old use to be pregnant8be heavy/great with child old use to be nearly ready to give birthCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + childa four-year-old/ten-year-old etc child· A four-year-old child should not be left on their own.a young child· Young children are naturally curious about the world.a small child (=a young one)· My family lived in France when I was a small child.a newborn child· He was holding the newborn child in his arms.an unborn child (=a baby that is still inside its mother)· Smoking can damage your unborn child.a spoilt/spoiled child (=allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, and behaving badly)· He’s behaving like a spoilt child.a gifted child (=extremely intelligent)· a special school for gifted childrena bright child (=intelligent)· He was a bright child – always asking questions.a good/bad child· Be a good child and sit down!a naughty child (=doing things that are not allowed)· He's behaving like a naughty child.an easy/difficult child (=easy or difficult to deal with)· Marcus was a very happy, easy child.a problem child (=very difficult to deal with)· Problem children may need to be removed from the classroom.an adopted child (=legally made part of a family that he or she was not born into)· I didn’t find out that I was an adopted child until years later.street children (=living on the streets because they have no homes)· The organization aims to help street children in Latin America.verbsbring up a child especially British English, raise a child especially American English· The cost of bringing up a child has risen rapidly.a child is born· Most children at born in hospital.a child grows up· One in four children is growing up in poverty.child + NOUNchild abuse (=treating children in a very bad way, especially sexually)· He was arrested on suspicion of child abuse.child development· She’s an expert in child development.child labour British English, child labor American English (=the use of children as workers)· The garments were made using child labour.THESAURUSchild someone who is not yet an adult. You don’t usually use child to talk about babies or teenagers: · Many children are scared of the dark.· He’s just a child.kid informal a child. Kid is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: · We left the kids in the car.little boy/little girl a young male or female child: · I lived there when I was a little girl.· Little boys love dinosaurs.teenager someone between the ages of 13 and 19: · There’s not much for teenagers to do around here.adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems these people have: · He changed from a cheerful child to a confused adolescent.youth especially disapproving a teenage boy – especially one who is violent and commits crimes: · He was attacked by a gang of youths.· a youth courtyoungster a child or young person – used especially by old people: · You youngsters have got your whole life ahead of you.· He’s a bright youngster with a good sense of humour.minor law someone who is not yet legally an adult: · It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor.
WORD ORIGINchild
Origin:
Old English cildEXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- Children under 14 travel free.
- Admission is $5, children under 12 are free.
- After her first baby was born, Barb read child development books constantly.
- Alexandra was an only child and the centre of her mother's world.
- an attractive, happy child
- As a child, she preferred playing football with the boys to playing with dolls.
- Every child was given a present.
- How many children are there in your class?
- How many children does Jane have?
- I don't want children - I'm married to a child and that's enough.
- Medical staff, seeing that the child was in danger, decided to perform an operation.
- Michael and Ronda had their first child last year.
- Nationwide, only one in four cases of child abuse and neglect is reported.
- One of her children lives in Australia now.
- Roberta's second child weighed over four kilos at birth.
- She named her first child Katrin.
- The house seems very quiet now that all the children have left home.
- The state will provide child care when both parents participate in the training program.
- While growing up in North Carolina, Amos was considered a child prodigy on the piano.
- And for the last 3 days, they've been living on the food they'd planned to give to the children.
- But you know how children accept almost anything that grown ups tell them.
- For example a husband can make payments on behalf of his wife and children or viceversa.
- Logistics do: getting dinner, keeping house, overseeing child care, buying equipment.
- That contrasts with three out of five Anglo children who use a computer at school.
- When she was a child, she had invited her to stay.
- Work-inhibited children who enjoy good relationships with their parents are likely to find their own way.
THESAURUS
someone who is not yet an adult. You don’t usually use child to talk about babies or teenagers: · Many children are scared of the dark.· He’s just a child.
informal a child. Kid is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: · We left the kids in the car.
a young male or female child: · I lived there when I was a little girl.· Little boys love dinosaurs.
someone between the ages of 13 and 19: · There’s not much for teenagers to do around here.
a young person who is developing into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems these people have: · He changed from a cheerful child to a confused adolescent.
especially disapproving a teenage boy – especially one who is violent and commits crimes: · He was attacked by a gang of youths.· a youth court
a child or young person – used especially by old people: · You youngsters have got your whole life ahead of you.· He’s a bright youngster with a good sense of humour.
law someone who is not yet legally an adult: · It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor.
Longman Language Activatora child a young person from the time they are born until they are aged about 14 or 15: · How many children are there in your class?· Children under 14 travel free.· Every child was given a present.as a child: · As a child, she preferred playing football with the boys to playing with dolls.child prodigy (=a child who is extremely good at doing something, for example playing music or speaking languages, from a very young age ): · While growing up in North Carolina, Amos was considered a child prodigy on the piano.child development (=the way a child grows and learns new skills): · After her first baby was born, Barb read child development books constantly.child care (=when someone looks after children while their parents work): · The state will provide child care when both parents participate in the training program.child abuse (=cruel or violent treatment of children by adults): · Nationwide, only one in four cases of child abuse and neglect is reported.
informal a child: · Jamie's a bright kid.· I really enjoy working with kids.· When we were kids, we used to spend practically the whole summer outdoors.just a kid: · Don't be so hard on him - he's just a kid.
a male child: · I used to live in Spain when I was a boy.· Harry teaches in a boys' school in Glasgow.· He put a hand on the boy's shoulder and walked with him down the hall.little boy (=a very young boy): · Why don't you go play with that little boy over there?
a female child: · What's that girl's name?· More girls play sports now than when I was younger.· Beth is one of the most popular girls in her class.little girl (=a very young girl): · A little girl was sitting on the front doorstep.
a very young child who has just learned to walk: · As a toddler, he was attacked and injured by the family's pet dog.· A toddler was squatting in the middle of the carpet, thumb in mouth.
someone's son or daughter someone's son or daughter, of any age: · She named her first child Katrin.· One of her children lives in Australia now.· The house seems very quiet now that all the children have left home.an only child (=a child that has no brothers or sisters): · Alexandra was an only child and the centre of her mother's world.
informal someone's son or daughter - use this about children aged up to 14 or 15: · All I ever wanted was to get married and have kids.· Could you look after the kids this evening?
someone's male child: · We have two teenage sons.· Her son used to work in Texas.· The family business has now been taken over by Anderson's eldest son.
someone's female child: · Our youngest daughter is getting married next month.· My aunt has five daughters and three sons.· In traditional societies, parents were often reluctant to send their daughters to school.
spoken someone's young son or daughter: · Paula had to go home - her little girl's sick.· "How old's your little boy?" "He's three."
a person's or animal's baby or babies - used humorously or in formal contexts about someone's children: somebody's offspring: · Parents with the disease are likely to pass it on to their offspring.· Hardly a day goes by without Mrs Molt or one of her offspring calling around to borrow something.
a child whose parents have died · Pepino was a ten-year-old orphan. His parents had been killed in the war.· Dr Barnardo founded homes for orphans in the late nineteenth century.
the time when someone is a child · Since childhood Margot had longed to be a dancer.· Steven had happy memories of his childhood on the farm.childhood illness/experiences/dream etc (=that you have when you are a child) · Of course, I had all the usual childhood illnesses, like measles and mumps.· It was his childhood dream to play professional baseball.early childhood · Much of my early childhood was spent with my aunt in California.
formal while someone is a baby or a very young child - use this especially to talk about children dying or getting diseases: · Three of her children died in infancy.
a baby a very young child, especially one who has not yet learned to speak or walk: · Would you mind looking after the baby for us on Saturday afternoon?baby girl/boy: · a four-day-old baby girlbaby clothes/food/milk etc (=for babies): · Let's see if there are any nice baby clothes in the sales.
a baby: · Her parents both died when she was an infant.· There are clear differences in speed of learning between infants at this early stage.infant son/daughter: · The couple have a three-year-old son and an infant daughter.infant mortality (=the number of babies that die in a society): · There has been a sharp rise in infant mortality since the drought began.
formal a baby at the time when it is born or before it is born: · Medical staff, seeing that the child was in danger, decided to perform an operation.somebody's first/second etc child: · Michael and Ronda had their first child last year.· Roberta's second child weighed over four kilos at birth.
: newborn baby/child/ infant a baby etc that has just been born: · Relatives and friends all wanted to see the newborn baby.· Newborn infants spend a lot of time sleeping.· The average weight of a newborn baby is about seven pounds.
a baby that is still developing in its mother's body · Doctors do not know what the long-term effects of the drug will be on the unborn child.· Petra could feel her unborn baby moving inside her.
British a baby that is developing in its mother's body - used especially by doctors: · By the end of the third month of pregnancy the foetus is a miniature human being.· The research focuses on how alcohol may harm the fetus.
a baby that is in the very early stage of development inside its mother's body: · When first formed, the embryo is only half a millimetre long.· The government has banned all scientific research using human embryos.
someone who is unhelpful and causes problems someone who is difficult is not easy to live with or work with because they do not behave in a helpful, friendly way: · When Darren was a little boy, he was very difficult at times.· Campbell has the reputation of being difficult to work with.
someone who is awkward is deliberately unhelpful and unfriendly, and seems to like causing problems for people: · Do you have to be so awkward about everything?
spoken someone who is impossible makes you annoyed and impatient, for example because they are never satisfied or they keep changing their mind: · She's impossible! Even when I offer to help her she always finds some reason to complain.· Dan's impossible to live with when he's sick.
someone who is a pain is annoying and difficult to deal with: · Carla can be a pain sometimes, but she's been a good friend to me.· Little brothers are such a pain in the neck!
a child who is always behaving badly and often gets into trouble: · In my years as a teacher, I've seen plenty of problem children come and go.
very difficult to deal with, live with, work with etc: · I'm not surprised you've had problems with Diane. She's not the easiest person to work with, is she?
British informal someone who is bolshy behaves in an unhelpful, bad-tempered way and argues with the people that they are supposed to obey: · Stop being so bolshie and just get on with it, will you?
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE ENTRYADJECTIVES/NOUN + child several cases of child abuse Do you have any dependent children (=who you are still supporting financially)? Deprived children tend to do less well at school. My eldest daughter is 17. an appallingly high infant mortality rate (=number of babies who die) the relationship between mother and child a poor little orphan girl a precocious child who walked and talked early a sickly child Unaccompanied children are not allowed on the premises. The book is unsuitable for children.
· A four-year-old child should not be left on their own.
· Young children are naturally curious about the world.
(=a young one)· My family lived in France when I was a small child.
· He was holding the newborn child in his arms.
(=a baby that is still inside its mother)· Smoking can damage your unborn child.
(=allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, and behaving badly)· He’s behaving like a spoilt child.
(=extremely intelligent)· a special school for gifted children
(=intelligent)· He was a bright child – always asking questions.
· Be a good child and sit down!
(=doing things that are not allowed)· He's behaving like a naughty child.
(=easy or difficult to deal with)· Marcus was a very happy, easy child.
(=very difficult to deal with)· Problem children may need to be removed from the classroom.
(=legally made part of a family that he or she was not born into)· I didn’t find out that I was an adopted child until years later.
(=living on the streets because they have no homes)· The organization aims to help street children in Latin America.
verbs especially British English, raise a child especially American English· The cost of bringing up a child has risen rapidly.
· Most children at born in hospital.
· One in four children is growing up in poverty.
child + NOUN (=treating children in a very bad way, especially sexually)· He was arrested on suspicion of child abuse.
· She’s an expert in child development.
British English, child labor American English (=the use of children as workers)· The garments were made using child labour.
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES several cases of child abuse· the children’s author Roald Dahl
· Matters of child custody are dealt with by the courts.
Do you have any dependent children (=who you are still supporting financially)? Deprived children tend to do less well at school. My eldest daughter is 17.· Even young children know the difference between right and wrong.
(=one who is extremely intelligent)
· an important children’s hospital
· The shoe company was accused of using child labour in its factory.
(=to be married and have children)· Kevin is married with four children.
· I asked the waiter if there was a children’s menu.
an appallingly high infant mortality rate (=number of babies who die) the relationship between mother and child a poor little orphan girl· There is increasing child poverty in our country.
a precocious child who walked and talked early· Officers from the child protection team were called in after the girl turned to a neighbour for help.
· A family crisis can adversely affect the developing parent-child relationship.
a sickly child· His sole surviving child, Mary, succeeded to the throne at the age of one week.
(=a child who is a famous performer)· The production team say they have been careful to look after all their child stars.
· Enid Blyton is famous for writing children’s stories.
Unaccompanied children are not allowed on the premises. The book is unsuitable for children.· the children’s wear section of the store
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSADJECTIVE· We may be young to ourselves, but we will always be old to our children.· Likewise, older people whose children are grown may not need life insurance unless they expect to leave a large estate.· Few authorities were felt to have a coherent policy on supporting their older children.· Those males remaining in Natal are mostly old men or children.· Three and four-year-olds have very different play needs to older children.· Younger children favor expiatory punishment; older children favor punishment by reciprocity.· They were carrying a glittering bundle which, on closer inspection, proved to be a four-year-old child.
· The only child left now was the eldest girl, still locked in the bathroom upstairs.· I was horrified especially by the daughter, who appeared to be an only child.· It must be terrible to lose an only child; to lose any child.· An only child, Lott quickly adopted Dee Lemaitrie, the girl next door, as his sister.· She was a small, dumpy woman, nothing like her only child in either looks or personality.· Even an only child feels that other children have some great advantages over him, and this makes him intensely jealous.· A year after their marriage she produced his only legitimate child, a daughter whom they christened Jennifer.· Mary Leapor was an only child, but she grew up surrounded by a large extended family.
· Presumably no one does any more, for the programme for small children no longer has that title.· I had a wife and four small children.· The adult response of reason is swept away to reveal the small child cowering under parental wrath.· Those cases paralleled crash test results dating back to the 1970s that showed dangers to small adults and children from airbags.· Also, they are mainly here because they have small children and no earnings of their own.· The hamlet was almost deserted, except for two old women and some small children.· The senator fell into step beside me while some of Bonefish's smaller children followed at a safe distance.· Under the tousle of thick blond hair, he looks like a small child again.
· It was later revealed that Mr Argles had employed a boy who had been convicted of offences against young children.· In most states, courts hold that very young children are incapable of contributory negligence.· The management of young children is more difficult - most episodes are poison scares rather than true poisonings.· The understanding of intentions can not be taught to young children through verbal methods.· Faith is single, but I have two young children.· Certainly, younger children show affection and have feelings of liking and disliking.· Although these studies apply to older children the principle should hold for younger children where management problems are frequently linked with obesity.· Most very young children are fascinated by the world around them.
NOUN· Is there agreement amongst researchers about the nature of child abuse and how it can be defined?· This is a hot line established by state child welfare agencies for the reporting of child abuse.· The quality of research in the area of child abuse still leaves much to be desired.· The legal system currently punishes the most egregious forms of child abuse and neglect, but such crimes are difficult to prove.· Certain health education topics such as bereavement, child abuse and education for parenthood were omitted by large numbers of schools.· By all reports, child abuse is rare.· However, based on those two incidents, Avanesian was booked on suspicion of felony child abuse.
· How should the increase in child benefit be paid for?· Against this he would gain an extra £4.60 a week in increased child benefit from Labour.· These are child benefits, industrial injuries and death benefits, certain invalidity benefits, and attendance and mobility allowances.· Are changes such as means-testing child benefit and state pensions simply unthinkable?· From April, child benefits are to be raised in the hope of encouraging parents to produce a few more babies.· This package, set against our pension and child benefit changes, will leave 96 percent. of families better off.
· The evacuation of children called for the development of special services, foreshadowing developments in child care practice after the war.· Unlike child care considerations, which often can be planned months in advance, eldercare issues often occur without warning.· At local level, responsibility for child care rests with the social services committees of the local authorities.· Deplorable as our child care is, those who make the laws are largely unaffected.· These emphasise trends towards a highly structured, reactive service based on individual protection, especially in child care.· He bathed them, changed their diapers, and willingly helped, then and now, with every aspect of child care.· The guide's aim to influence practice is reflected in its residential child care focus.· She had a network of neighbors and relatives that provided child care.
· Primary school children wouldn't normally be given lessons in robotics until they were several years older.· It is being asked to compensate for the failures of the education system by teaching school children art and history.· It is iniquitous that higher education still discriminates against state school children.· Mr Coffee will cop to the situation by engaging only the five basic universal appliance functions that every school child will know.· Approximately one-fifth of all school children are believed to have special educational needs of one sort or another.· A special outing with the Sunday school children.· Over 400 school children took part in the mock shopping experience.· Other justices seemed concerned with the young age of the grade-school children involved.
VERB· Next, their wives were fed since they could bear more children.· She bore two children, Hercules to Zeus and Iphicles to Amphitryon.· Women are now expected to bear 1.17 children, down from 1.89 in 1990.· Do they want to Prevent these couples from bearing children too?· After an early miscarriage she bore Louis just two children in fourteen years, and both of them were girls.· Quintana, who works at a car wash, said she bore her first child at age 13.· Women leave, afraid to bear children in a city so close to the reactor.· In well-functioning marriages, spouses discuss important intimate decisions such as whether to bear a child.
· Why does guidance act as a punisher since a child may enjoy the contact it brings?· What is the quality of the presence you bring to your children?· At the same time, they were keen to bring up their children as Roman catholics.· I am the one who left my dear father and brought our children to the Pretty Country.· They will pay other people to help bring up their children.· It brings out the child and the tourist in even the most worldly of guests.· And then, thank heaven, people will have somewhere decent to bring up their children.· Unlike most snows, this one did not bring the children to Baxter Park.
· Now her family is setting up a charity to help children facing similar difficulties.· Parents can help such highly sensitive children by showing them how to soothe themselves.· Their representatives are helping thousands of orphaned children and displaced families escape from the tyranny of civil war.· Rather than helping their children become more in-dependent, parents become overly involved and promote further dependence.· The goat's milk helped the children to survive but Boris, who grew fast, suffered.· There, he helped neglected children and criminals until his death.· We want to help, but child sponsorship can be harmful for the child, her family and community.· Eventually this practice will help your child to consider his aggression and anger.
· She loved children and had wanted to have several.· How can you love children whose every effort is directed at ignoring you or hating you?· If you can not love your client, could you at least love the child?· He comes back, swears he loves me and the children, but claims he can not live with us any more.· Besides, loving children says nice things about you, too, as a caring and decent person.· Parents love each child, and it grieves them to witness the hitting, hurting and hateful things said to each other.· She had loved Christmas like a child.
· But when the parent is teaching the child to do what is asked, the parent needs to wait and check.· The understanding of intentions can not be taught to young children through verbal methods.· If we come up with a different game each time we do drama, what are we teaching the children?· Fill-in-the-blank questions teach children little about actual conversation.· The basic principle is so to organise teaching that children have experience of producing written language across these various forms.· Their parents, dutiful slaveholding Episcopalians at Charleston, were tolerant enough to permit their daughters to teach the Negro children.· Nobody teaches a child the actual mechanics of producing word sounds or how to use his mind to think or experience emotions.· Apparently, they taught their children well.
PHRASES FROM THE ENTRY► something is child’s play► children should be seen and not heardPHRASES FROM OTHER ENTRIES► a gaggle of tourists/children etc► bring a child into the world
1- And if he were mistaken, it was just possible that the lass was with child.
- Because our dear Claire is with child by Byron.
- He must have noticed that she was with child.
- I wonder how good he was with children?
- It was for this reason that I had Zowie because I could see how he was with children.
- The main problem is with children diving on the floor which can lead to some one getting hurt.
- The man had run off and I was with child.
- When friendships finally became possible for him they were with children of the lower orders.
- But my wife is great with child!
- First, that it detects the affected or at-risk groups, and second that these can then be referred for suitable treatment.
- Other potential strategies include the provision of vitamin A supplements to at-risk groups.
- Kurt was a Bible-college student and a wife beater.
- In practice, the treatment of widows and deserted wives varied considerably from region to region.
- And then they went into this foster children um, having a home for foster children.
- As a result, the report said, one in 10 foster children remains in the system for more than seven years.
- Other foster children with happy memories did the same, though distance and new relationships combined to make contact sporadic.
- Roland then removed the spell from himself and the good foster daughter.
- The witch was able to see her foster daughter and Roland fleeing because of her magic powers.
- These foster children are not available for adoption.
- These are establishments which, for a fee, will undertake to foster children of very tender years.
- But my wife is great with child!
- I had two grown daughters, and when I lost the first one, this one became the apple of my eye.
- See more of his grown daughter and son.
- Seeing photographs of Rubilove Willcox Aiu in newspapers last Sunday was unexpected and bewildering for her grown children.
- Tall, slender and divorced, Sheila had-incredibly-two grown sons.
- The senator, 72, has a grown daughter by his former wife but is of grandfatherly vintage now.
- Yet her husband, laid off from his job as a messenger, and her grown children are unemployed.
- He leaves a wife and three children.
- Joel Gascoyne died in London 13 February 1705 leaving a wife, Elizabeth.
- Mr Fraser-Smith, who lived in Devon, leaves a wife and two children.
- Professor Brown, who was 47, leaves a wife Evelyn, also an Open University tutor and 3 children.
- The college also offers a creche for two to five-year-olds so that parents can leave children in safe hands.
- My middle daughter was like that, tall and slim and you could hardly tell.
- My older brother played Elvis music at his wedding, and my middle brother and I rolled our eyes.
- Now, for the middle child.
- Richard Nixon: A middle child who became known for diplomacy in foreign affairs, among other things.
- The wronged self Peter is the middle child of five.
- They may send the middle children to Jessy's parents in an attempt to get the eldest through secondary school.
- How does one recognise pain in a newborn baby to whom one can not speak?
- In 1987 our newborn baby died.
- In the early 1950s an effective method of resuscitating newborn babies who did not breathe was not known.
- No one expects a newborn baby to go out and get a job before learning the basic life skills and getting schooling.
- One example might be where a newborn child developed an infection requiring special care, but recovered in a few days.
- The occasional incidents of newborn babies being stolen from public hospitals understandably causes a furore.
- Under a window lay our newborn son crowned by a spectrum, the seven strands of vision.
- And I was an only child.
- E is for Ethel For most of my life I was an only child.
- I was brought up by adoptive parents as an only child.
- It must be terrible to lose an only child; to lose any child.
- Maman had given the impression she was an only child, she thought, but was that the truth?
- Shared nannies are becoming more popular and other children can provide stimulation and company if yours is an only child.
- Sometimes I think I was intended to be an only child, and got born into a large family by a mistake.
- The princess grew up thinking she was an only child but one day discovered she had twelve brothers.
- Eddie is an overgrown schoolboy with a penchant for pulling fleshy faces.
- A basic issue between Paul and the Corinthian problem children was over a proper understanding of the self.
- Another reason to consider a moderation-goal option is that a broader range of problem drinkers can be attracted and treated.
- BAccording to a federal survey, men are much more likely to be problem drinkers than women.
- Data collection is mainly by questionnaire and structured interviews with families, youth groups and problem drinkers.
- It does reflect the position of the Corinthian problem children, however.
- Services for problem drinkers are very fragmented at present.
- They were talking about a problem child.
- This problem drinker population has been largely ignored or at least underserved.
- Boots have stopped selling car seats but say they will offer further information to people who've bought the Rainbow seat.
- He thought about hiding it in the car seat, but Firebug was always moving the thing around.
- However, a baby seat is safer than a carrycot for your baby.
- It fits all Kangol framed child seats.
- Miguel told him, picking a spot opposite the car seat for the desk.
- Some baby seats can be converted into car seats for older children.
- Two options you can not add, unfortunately, are a built-in child seat and fold down rear seatback.
- When buying a baby seat check its weight, capacity and whether it has an integral harness and quick-release buckle.
young person someone who is not yet an adult SYN kid: The hotel is ideal for families with young children. The film is not suitable for children under 12. I was very happy as a child (=when I was a child).a child of five/eight etc For a child of five this was a terrifying experience. a famous writer of children’s books child victims of war2son/daughter a son or daughter of any age: I have five children, all happily married. She lives with her husband, Paul, and three grown-up children. Annie had always wanted to get married and have children. Alex is an only child (=he has no brothers or sisters). Our youngest child, Sam, has just started university.eldest child especially BrE, oldest child especially American English the decision to bring a child into the world (=have a baby)3somebody influenced by an idea someone who is very strongly influenced by the ideas and attitudes of a particular period of historychild of a real child of the sixties4somebody who is like a child someone who behaves like a child and is not sensible or responsible – used to show disapproval: She’s such a child!5something is child’s play used to say that something is very easy to do: I’ve cooked for 200 people before now. So, tonight is child’s play by comparison.6children should be seen and not heard an expression meaning that children should be quiet and not talk – used when you disapprove of the way a child is behaving7be with child old use to be pregnant8be heavy/great with child old use to be nearly ready to give birthCOLLOCATIONSADJECTIVES/NOUN + childa four-year-old/ten-year-old etc child· A four-year-old child should not be left on their own.a young child· Young children are naturally curious about the world.a small child (=a young one)· My family lived in France when I was a small child.a newborn child· He was holding the newborn child in his arms.an unborn child (=a baby that is still inside its mother)· Smoking can damage your unborn child.a spoilt/spoiled child (=allowed to do or have whatever he or she wants, and behaving badly)· He’s behaving like a spoilt child.a gifted child (=extremely intelligent)· a special school for gifted childrena bright child (=intelligent)· He was a bright child – always asking questions.a good/bad child· Be a good child and sit down!a naughty child (=doing things that are not allowed)· He's behaving like a naughty child.an easy/difficult child (=easy or difficult to deal with)· Marcus was a very happy, easy child.a problem child (=very difficult to deal with)· Problem children may need to be removed from the classroom.an adopted child (=legally made part of a family that he or she was not born into)· I didn’t find out that I was an adopted child until years later.street children (=living on the streets because they have no homes)· The organization aims to help street children in Latin America.verbsbring up a child especially British English, raise a child especially American English· The cost of bringing up a child has risen rapidly.a child is born· Most children at born in hospital.a child grows up· One in four children is growing up in poverty.child + NOUNchild abuse (=treating children in a very bad way, especially sexually)· He was arrested on suspicion of child abuse.child development· She’s an expert in child development.child labour British English, child labor American English (=the use of children as workers)· The garments were made using child labour.THESAURUSchild someone who is not yet an adult. You don’t usually use child to talk about babies or teenagers: · Many children are scared of the dark.· He’s just a child.kid informal a child. Kid is the usual word to use in everyday spoken English: · We left the kids in the car.little boy/little girl a young male or female child: · I lived there when I was a little girl.· Little boys love dinosaurs.teenager someone between the ages of 13 and 19: · There’s not much for teenagers to do around here.adolescent a young person who is developing into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems these people have: · He changed from a cheerful child to a confused adolescent.youth especially disapproving a teenage boy – especially one who is violent and commits crimes: · He was attacked by a gang of youths.· a youth courtyoungster a child or young person – used especially by old people: · You youngsters have got your whole life ahead of you.· He’s a bright youngster with a good sense of humour.minor law someone who is not yet legally an adult: · It is illegal to sell alcohol to a minor.