infant
a child during the earliest period of their life, especially before they can walk; baby.
Law. a person who is not of full age, especially one who has not reached the age of 18 years; a minor.
a beginner, as in experience or learning; novice: The new candidate is a political infant.
anything in the first stage of existence or progress.
Origin of infant
1Other words from infant
- in·fant·hood, noun
- in·fant·like, adjective
Words Nearby infant
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How to use infant in a sentence
Childcare for infants can cost on average up to $24,000 a year, which is just shy of half the national average family income.
Millennials and Gen Zers need better childcare. Can either Biden or Trump deliver? | matthewheimer | August 29, 2020 | FortuneAmnesty later discovered that even those 19 infants had died before the Iraqi invasion.
Puopolo is the lead author of AAP’s guidance, which now states that a baby is at low risk of infection when staying with the mother after delivery if she wears a mask and cleans hands before holding her infant.
Masks help new moms with COVID-19 safely breastfeed their babies | Aimee Cunningham | July 23, 2020 | Science NewsThe 53 infants that had a one-month telemedicine visit continued to show no signs of the illness.
Masks help new moms with COVID-19 safely breastfeed their babies | Aimee Cunningham | July 23, 2020 | Science NewsAs infants, we observe our parents and teachers, and from them we learn how to walk, talk, read—and use smartphones.
How the Brain Builds a Sense of Self From the People Around Us | Sam Ereira | July 17, 2020 | Singularity Hub
Within six days, however, the infant was admitted to a pediatric hospital with diarrhea, bluish skin, and respiratory failure.
By the 1950s the rapid assignment of gender to an ambiguously gendered infant had become standard.
Increased access to reproductive healthcare has resulted in better maternal and infant health outcomes.
What Brazil’s Dilma Rousseff Can Teach Hillary Clinton | Heather Arnet | October 29, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTwo bowls were set before the infant—one containing gold and jewels, the other hot coals.
Jon Stewart and 'Meet The Press' Would Have Been One Unhappy Marriage | Lloyd Grove | October 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTAn infant too young to have received his first round of shots gasps for air after having been infected with pertussis.
Hey Anti-Vaxxers, Watch NOVA: Vaccines--Calling the Shots | Russell Saunders | September 11, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTSoon after that, I wrote you in regard to the condition in which we found this infant Church and Colony.
And then Jolly Robin would feel ashamed that he had even thought of being so cruel to an infant bird, even if he was a Cowbird.
The Tale of Grandfather Mole | Arthur Scott BaileyTwo or three more infant deaths intervened before the birth of Marcella.
The Pastor's Fire-side Vol. 3 of 4 | Jane PorterThere was a picture of Madame Lebrun with Robert as a baby, seated in her lap, a round-faced infant with a fist in his mouth.
The Awakening and Selected Short Stories | Kate ChopinSeen in this light, infant mortality and the cruel wastage of disease were viewed with complacence.
The Unsolved Riddle of Social Justice | Stephen Leacock
British Dictionary definitions for infant
/ (ˈɪnfənt) /
a child at the earliest stage of its life; baby
law another word for minor (def. 10)
British a young schoolchild, usually under the age of seven
a person who is beginning or inexperienced in an activity
(modifier)
of or relating to young children or infancy
designed or intended for young children
in an early stage of development; nascent: an infant science or industry
law of or relating to the legal status of infancy
Origin of infant
1Derived forms of infant
- infanthood, noun
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