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childhood
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UK:**UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(chīld′hŏŏd)
WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2026child•hood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/USA pronunciation
n.
- the state or period of being a child: [uncountable]those happy days of childhood.[countable* usually singular]He had a difficult childhood.
WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2026child•hood
(chīld′hŏŏd),USA pronunciation n.
- the state or period of being a child.
- the early stage in the existence of something:the childhood of the human race.
- Middle English childhode, Old English cildhād. See child, -hood bef. 950
1. youth, boyhood, girlhood, school days.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers::
childhood /ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/ n - the condition of being a child; the period of life before puberty
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