INFANT


Meaning of INFANT in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ɪnfənt ]

( infants)

1.

An infant is a baby or very young child. ( FORMAL )

...young mums with infants in prams...

...the infant mortality rate in Britain.

N-COUNT : oft N n

2.

Infants are children between the ages of five and seven, who go to an infant school. ( BRIT )

N-COUNT : usu pl

You use the infants to refer to a school or class for such children.

You’ve been my best friend ever since we started in the infants.

N-UNCOUNT : the N

3.

Infant means designed especially for very young children.

...an infant carrier in the back of a car.

ADJ : ADJ n

4.

An infant organization or system is new and has not developed very much.

The infant company was based in Germany.

ADJ : ADJ n

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