young is on the Basic English 850 List.
you - young
young is one of the 1000 most common headwords.
you - young - z

Pronunciation change

Adjective change

Positive
young

Comparative
younger

Superlative
youngest

 
A young man.
  1. If you are young, you have not lived a long time.
    She was only a young girl.
    The young lion plays with his brothers and sisters.
    He is very young.
    They were friends from his young manhood.

Noun change

Singular
young

Plural
young

  1. A young is an offspring of an animal.
    The lion caught a gnu to feed its young.
    The lion's young are curious.