Collocations for youth - noun
1. period of your life when you are young
ADJ.
early | unhappy | lost
nostalgia for her lost youth
nostalgia for her lost youth
misspent
His lack of qualifications was taken as a sign of a misspent youth.
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.
She spent much of her youth in Hong Kong.
idle away, waste
He wasted his youth in front of a computer screen.
He wasted his youth in front of a computer screen.
PREP.
during your ~
She contracted the disease during her youth.
She contracted the disease during her youth.
from ~
from youth to maturity
from youth to maturity
in your ~
He started going to discos in his early youth.
He started going to discos in his early youth.
since your ~
I haven''t danced since my youth!
I haven''t danced since my youth!
throughout your ~
He played football throughout his youth.
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.
Though no longer in the first flush of youth she''s still remarkably energetic.
scenes from/of sb''s youth
2. being young
ADJ.
extreme
Her extreme youth was against her.
Her extreme youth was against her.
comparative | eternal
in search of eternal youth
in search of eternal youth
VERB + YOUTH
have
You still have your youth - that''s the main thing.
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.
He was a callow youth when he joined the newspaper.
pimply, spotty
She''s going out with some spotty youth.
She''s going out with some spotty youth.
fresh-faced | gangling
QUANT.
gang, group
4. young people
ADJ.
modern
the aspirations of modern youth
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
(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
a crackdown on youth crime
PHRASES
the youth of today