childhood
/ˈtʃaɪldhʊd/noun
उच्चारण चाइल्ड्हुड
बचपन, बाल्यावस्था
Basic wordPYP · asked 6 times
Asked in previous papers
as one-word substitution
+1 more
SSC MTS 2019- 1
[U, C]
the period of somebody's life when they are a child
बचपन, बाल्यावस्था
- She spent her childhood in a small village.
- happy childhood memories
- He had a happy childhood in Jaipur.
+ 2 more examples
- Her love of music began in early childhood.
- They talked about their childhood over a cup of tea.
§Structures (grammar patterns) 4
in/during one's childhood
'In' and 'during' mark the period when something happened. 'In childhood' without a possessive is also common.
कोई घटना किस काल में हुई, यह बताने के लिए 'in' या 'during' आता है। Possessive के बिना 'in childhood' भी आम है।
- In his childhood, he walked miles to school.
- She fell ill during childhood.
childhood + noun
It works as a modifier for memories, friends, diseases and similar things.
यह यादों, मित्रों और रोगों जैसी चीज़ों के लिए modifier की तरह आता है।
- He met his childhood friend after twenty years.
- Measles is a common childhood illness.
from childhood
'From childhood' says that something has lasted since the early years.
'From childhood' बताता है कि कोई बात शुरुआती वर्षों से चली आ रही है।
- She has loved music from childhood.
- He has stammered since childhood.
uncountable, rarely plural
Normally it is uncountable. 'Childhoods' appears only when comparing different people's early lives.
यह सामान्यतः अगणनीय है। 'Childhoods' केवल अलग-अलग लोगों के बचपन की तुलना में आता है।
- Their childhoods were very different.
+Collocations 4
adjective + childhood
happydifficultcarefreeshelteredearlypoor
- She had a sheltered childhood in a small town.
verb + childhood
spend one'sremember one'srelive one'smiss one's
- He spent his childhood in Varanasi.
childhood + noun
friendmemorieshomedreamsweetheartillness
- Playing kabaddi is among my best childhood memories.
preposition + childhood
induringfromsincethroughout
- Throughout her childhood she wanted to become a pilot.
“More examples 5
- Abdul Kalam's childhood was spent in Rameswaram.
अब्दुल कलाम का बचपन रामेश्वरम में बीता।
- Rains remind me of my childhood in the village.
बारिश मुझे गाँव में बिताए अपने बचपन की याद दिलाती है।
- A happy childhood gives a child confidence.
सुखी बचपन बच्चे को आत्मविश्वास देता है।
- Polio was once a dreaded childhood disease.
पोलियो कभी बचपन की एक भयंकर बीमारी हुआ करती थी।
- He told us stories of his childhood on the farm.
उसने हमें खेत पर बिताए अपने बचपन की कहानियाँ सुनाईं।
!Common mistakes 3
✗ In my childhood time, we played in the street.
✓ In my childhood, we played in the street.
'Childhood' already means a period of time; 'time' is redundant.
'Childhood' स्वयं एक कालावधि है; 'time' जोड़ना अनावश्यक है।
✗ I have known him since my childhood days.
✓ I have known him since childhood.
'Days' is unnecessary; 'since childhood' is the natural form.
'Days' अनावश्यक है; 'since childhood' स्वाभाविक रूप है।
✗ In my childhood I was playing cricket every day.
✓ In my childhood I played cricket every day.
A habit in a finished past period takes the simple past, not the past continuous.
बीते काल की आदत के लिए simple past आता है, past continuous नहीं।
¶Idioms 1
second childhood
a time in old age when somebody behaves like a child
बुढ़ापे का बचपना
- Grandfather is in his second childhood.
≈Synonyms and antonyms
AaSpelling
child·hood
?Which word?
Keep the -hood words together: childhood, boyhood, adulthood, neighbourhood, brotherhood, falsehood, livelihood.
-hood शब्द साथ याद रखिए: childhood, boyhood, adulthood, neighbourhood, brotherhood, falsehood, livelihood।
✓In the exam
One-word substitution
The period before birth is the prenatal stage; babyhood is infancy; between childhood and adulthood is adolescence.
जन्म से पहले की अवधि prenatal stage; शैशव infancy; बचपन और वयस्कता के बीच adolescence।