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YOUNGER
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Used of the younger of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a son from his father
Example:
John Smith, Jr.
Synonyms:
jr.; younger
Classified under:
Similar:
junior (younger; lower in rank; shorter in length of tenure or service)
Context examples:
A disorder marked by the sudden and unexpected death of a healthy child who is younger than one year old, usually during sleep.
(Crib death, NCI Dictionary)
C. auris is associated with ear infections in the younger population.
(Corynebacterium auris, NCI Thesaurus)
It usually occurs in children younger than 2 years.
(Choroid Plexus Neoplasm, NCI Dictionary)
These tumors are most common in children younger than 2 years.
(Choroid plexus tumor, NCI Dictionary)
Most injuries affected individuals between 13 and 29, but those younger than 13 were significantly more likely to suffer the most long-term complications.
(Mobile phone could cause physical pain, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
I was ashamed to speak of it before the younger children, but I want you to know all the dreadful things I did at the Moffats'.
(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)
I am younger and stronger, Professor. It must be me.
(Dracula, by Bram Stoker)
He touched the younger woman I have mentioned on the shoulder, and Martha stood before me.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
But the dog younger or smaller than himself was weak, a thing to be destroyed.
(White Fang, by Jack London)
Children younger than you die daily.
(Jane Eyre, by Charlotte Brontë)
