Children means young people who have not grown up. It usually means any person under 18 years old. We use this word when talking about boys and girls at home, school, or outside.
The children play in the park every day.
Children like to eat ice cream in summer.
Children can also mean the sons or daughters of any living being, like animals. It means the young ones born to parents. This shows family or biological relationships.
They have three children and two dogs at home.
The lion’s children follow her in the forest.
Children can mean things or ideas that come from something else. For example, results or effects from a cause can be called children. This use is more formal or literary.
These children of the experiment showed fast growth.
The children of the law must follow its rules.
In computing, children are subordinate parts that come under a main part called the parent. For example, child files or child nodes depend on and belong to a parent folder or node. This use is technical.
The folder contains several children files.
Each parent node has many children in the data tree.
Children can mean people who come from a certain place, time, or culture. It means that they belong naturally to that place or group. This is a figurative and poetic use.
We are children of the same city.
They are children of the Renaissance period.
Children can also mean people, sometimes not very young, who are cared for legally by someone else. It means dependents or wards, such as orphans or those without parents. This use appears in legal or social contexts.
The orphanage cares for many children without parents.
He has several children under his guardianship.
Children can be used figuratively to describe people cared for or protected by others, as if they were young. It shows affection or respect and is often used in literary or formal speech.
The teacher called her students 'children of knowledge.'
The community treats all young workers as its children.
