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early childhood

early childhood noun: a stage in human development, generally including toddlerhood and some time afterwards.

Noun

early childhood (usually uncountable, plural early childhoods)

  1. (usually) A stage in human development, generally including toddlerhood and some time afterwards.

Forms of early childhood

pluralearly childhoods

Words formed from early childhood

Questions about early childhood

What does early childhood mean?
Early childhood means a stage in human development, generally including toddlerhood and some time afterwards.
What part of speech is early childhood?
Early childhood is a noun.
What is the plural of early childhood?
The plural of early childhood is early childhoods.

Words near early childhood in the dictionary

  1. early blight
  2. early bloomer
  3. early bloomers
  4. early bright
  5. early brights
  6. early childhood
  7. early childhood education
  8. early childhoods
  9. early closing
  10. Early County
  11. early crow

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