infant


Definition: Meaning of, infant in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈɪnf(ə)nt /

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infant infants
  1. [countable] formal a baby or very young child
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  2. infants [plural] children in school in Britain between the ages of four and eight
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  1. infant school/teacher/class etc a school, teacher etc for children aged between four and eight in Britain
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  2. intended for babies or very young children
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  3. an infant company, organization etc has just started to exist or be developed
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infant used in phrases

  • SGA infant (noun)
    1. an infant whose size and weight are considerably less than the average for babies of the same age
  • Sudden Infant Death Syndrome (noun)
    1. technical when a baby stops breathing and dies while it is sleeping, for no known reason [=  crib death AmE [=  cot death British English]
  • abandoned infant (noun)
    1. a child who has been abandoned and whose parents are unknown
  • infant death (noun)
    1. sudden and unexpected death of an apparently healthy infant during sleep
  • infant deathrate (noun)
    1. the death rate during the first year of life
  • infant feeding (noun)
    1. feeding an infant
  • infant mortality (noun)
    1. the death rate during the first year of life
  • infant mortality rate (noun)
    1. the number of deaths of babies under one year old, expressed as the number out of every 1000 babies born alive in a year
  • infant prodigy (noun)
    1. a prodigy whose talents are recognized at an early age
  • infant school (noun)
    1. british school for children aged 5-7
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