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middle childhood

middle childhood noun: the life stage between early childhood and adolescence, often defined by sociologists as roughly encompassing the years from age 6 to 12.

Noun

middle childhood (usually uncountable, plural middle childhoods)

  1. (usually) The life stage between early childhood and adolescence, often defined by sociologists as roughly encompassing the years from age 6 to 12.

Forms of middle childhood

pluralmiddle childhoods

Questions about middle childhood

What does middle childhood mean?
Middle childhood means the life stage between early childhood and adolescence, often defined by sociologists as roughly encompassing the years from age 6 to 12.
What part of speech is middle childhood?
Middle childhood is a noun.
What is the plural of middle childhood?
The plural of middle childhood is middle childhoods.

Words near middle childhood in the dictionary

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  2. middle cervical ganglion
  3. middle child
  4. middle child syndrome
  5. middle child syndromes
  6. middle childhood
  7. middle children
  8. Middle Chinese
  9. middle class
  10. middle classes
  11. Middle Claydon

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