Children Meaning
/ˈt͡ʃɪldɹən/Definition, CEFR level A1, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounplural of child
nounplural of childer
Sentence Examples
Half a million children still face malnutrition in Niger.
I am married and have two children.
They have two children aged six and nine.
CEFR Practice Quiz
The playground was filled with happy ____ laughing and playing together peacefully.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There were many ____ playing together in the park this afternoon.
Word Origin & History
From Middle English children, alteration of earlier childre ("children"; > English dialectal childer), from Old English ċildru, ċildra (“children”), nominative and accusative plural of ċild (“child”), equivalent to child + -ren.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"Now we are liberal with our innermost secrets, spraying them into the public ether with a generosity our forebears could not have imagined. Where we once sent love letters in a sealed envelope, or stuck photographs of our children in a family album, now such private material is despatched to servers and clouds operated by people we don't know and will never meet."
— 2013 June 14, Jonathan Freedland, “Obama's once hip brand is now tainted”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 189, number 1, page 18:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
The playground was filled with happy ____ laughing and playing together peacefully.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
There were many ____ playing together in the park this afternoon.