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CHILD Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster
Note: The word child as used in a statute or will is often held to include a stepchild, an illegitimate child, a person for whom one stands in loco parentis, or sometimes a more remote descendant, such as a grandchild.

Child - Wikipedia
The United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child defines child as, "A human being below the age of 18 years unless under the law applicable to the child, majority is attained earlier." [11]

CHILD Definition & Meaning | Dictionary.com
A child is a young person who's typically older than a baby but younger than a teen. As a child, you probably had your parents watching over you as you played in a sandbox. The noun child come from the Old English word cild, meaning "child, infant."

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CHILD | English meaning - Cambridge Dictionary
CHILD definition: 1. a boy or girl from the time of birth until he or she is an adult, or a son or daughter of any…. Learn more.

Resources for Child Development | Child Development | CDC
Free materials and multimedia on child development for families.

CHILD definition and meaning | Collins English Dictionary
A child is a human being who is not yet an adult. When I was a child I lived in a country village. He's just a child. ...a child of six.

Child - definition of child by The Free Dictionary
1. a person between birth and full growth; a young boy or girl. 2. a son or daughter. 3. a baby or infant.

Child development | Definition, Stages, & Facts | Britannica
Child development is the progressive maturation of perceptual, emotional, intellectual, and behavioral functions from the early stages of language acquisition, typically around one or two years of age, to the onset of adolescence, at about 12 or 13 years.

child - Wiktionary, the free dictionary
child (plural children or (dialectal or archaic) childer) (broadly) A person who has not yet reached adulthood, whether natural (puberty), cultural (initiation), or legal (majority).