Collocation: youth

youth (n)

uk: /juːθ/ us: /juːθ/

1

period of your life when you are young 

ADJ. 

early | unhappy | lost

"nostalgia for her lost youth "

| misspent

"His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent youth. "

VERB + YOUTH 

spend

"She spent much of her youth in Hong Kong. "

| idle away, waste

"He wasted his youth in front of a computer screen. "

PREP. 

during your ~

"She contracted the disease during her youth. "

| from ~

"from youth to maturity "

| in your ~

"He started going to discos in his early youth. "

| since your ~

"I haven't danced since my youth! "

| throughout your ~

"He played football throughout his youth. "

PHRASES 

not in the first flush of youth

"Though no longer in the first flush of youth she's still remarkably energetic. "

| scenes from/of sb's youth

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2

being young 

ADJ. 

extreme

"Her extreme youth was against her. "

| comparative | eternal

"in search of eternal youth "

VERB + YOUTH 

have

"You still have your youth?that's the main thing. "

3

young person 

ADJ. 

male | black, white | callow

"He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper. "

| pimply, spotty

"She's going out with some spotty youth. "

| fresh-faced | gangling

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QUANT. 

gang, group

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4

young people 

ADJ. 

modern

"the aspirations of modern youth "

| local | urban | working-class | delinquent, disaffected | unemployed | educated | gilded

"(figurative) a club for the gilded youth (= rich and spoilt young people)of London "

YOUTH + NOUN 

culture | club, group, movement, organization, subculture, work | leader, worker | employment, unemployment, training | court, crime, custody

"a crackdown on youth crime "

PHRASES 

the youth of today

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