Transcription
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- [yuhng man]
- /yʌŋ mæn/
- /jʌŋ mæn/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [yuhng man]
- /yʌŋ mæn/
Definitions of young man words
- noun young man a male in early manhood. 1
- noun young man a boyfriend; sweetheart; fiancé. 1
- noun young man male child or youthful adult 1
- noun young man a boyfriend; sweetheart 0
- noun young man Used other than as an idiom: young man. 0
- noun young man A term of endearment or address for a boy. 0
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Origin of young man
First appearance:
before 1000 One of the 6% oldest English words
before 1000; 1850-55 for def 2; Middle English; Old English
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Young man
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
young man popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 43% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
According to our data about 67% of words is more used. This is a rare but used term. It occurs in the pages of specialized literature and in the speech of educated people.
young man usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for young man
noun young man
- boyfriend — Someone's boyfriend is a man or boy with whom they are having a romantic or sexual relationship.
- fiance — a man engaged to be married. Synonyms: future groom, future husband, future spouse, betrothed.
- gamin — a neglected boy left to run about the streets; street urchin.
- lad — a boy or youth.
- laddie — a young lad; boy.
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