infancy
/ˈɪnfənsi/noun
उच्चारण इन्फ़न्सी
शैशव, बचपन
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the time when a child is a baby or very young
शैशव, बचपन
- in early infancy
- Many children in remote areas die in infancy for lack of vaccines.
- Her grandmother cared for her throughout her infancy.
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- Vaccines protect children against many diseases in infancy.
- He lost his father in infancy and never knew him.
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the early development of something
प्रारंभिक अवस्था
- The project is still in its infancy.
- Online education in India was still in its infancy twenty years ago.
- Space research in the country was in its infancy in the 1960s.
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- The company is still in its infancy, so it makes little profit.
- Electric cars were in their infancy a few decades ago.
Synonyms beginnings early stages dawn birth emergence
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in·fan·cy
§Grammar and usage
Keep the stages of life: infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age (senescence).
जीवन की अवस्थाएँ याद रखिए: infancy, childhood, adolescence, adulthood, old age (senescence)।
“Collocations, idioms and sayings
In its infancy (at an early stage of development).
Collocation अक्सर पूछा जाता है: in its infancy (विकास की प्रारंभिक अवस्था में)।
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The infant mortality rate (IMR) is the number of babies who die before age one per 1,000 live births; India's IMR has fallen sharply.
शिशु मृत्यु दर (IMR) प्रति 1,000 जीवित जन्मों पर एक वर्ष से पहले मरने वाले शिशुओं की संख्या है; भारत की IMR में तेज़ गिरावट आई है।