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
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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