Definitions for children

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children chil·dren

Spelling: [chil-druh n]

IPA: /ˈtʃɪl drən/

Children is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 14 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 16 points.

You can make 263 anagrams from letters in children (cdehilnr).

Definitions for children

noun

1. plural of child.
2. a person between birth and full growth; a boy or girl:
3. a son or daughter:
4. a baby or infant.
5. a human fetus.
6. a childish person:
7. a descendant:
8. any person or thing regarded as the product or result of particular agencies, influences, etc.:
9. a person regarded as conditioned or marked by a given circumstance, situation, etc.:
10. British Dialect Archaic. a female infant.
11. Archaic. childe.

Idioms

1. with child, pregnant:

Origin of children

before 950; Middle English; Old English cild; akin to Gothic kilthai womb

Examples for children

Haringey Council told The Daily Beast that the children had not been taken permanently into state care.

They had no children and this settlement assured them a peaceful old age.

"I must make you acquainted with my wife and children," he said.

Again he recurred to his early years, and talked fondly of his wife and children.

Indeed, study after study affirms the benefits of involved fatherhood for women and children.

A recent U.S. study found men get a “daddy bonus” —employers seem to like men who have children and their salaries show it.

Winter was near and he had no money to buy cloaks for his children.

children in households with more equitable participation of men show better health and development.

Parents, proceeded she, when children are young, are pleased with every thing they do.

We also have a growing body of biological research showing that fathers, like mothers, are hard-wired to care for children.