one-year-old
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Definition
- Adjective:
- Being one year of age: Describes a person, animal, or thing that has reached an age of exactly one year.
Usage
- The adjective "one-year-old" is used to specify the age of a subject. It is typically placed before a noun (e.g., a one-year-old child) or used as a predicate adjective (e.g., The child is one-year-old). Note the use of hyphens when the term precedes a noun.
Examples
- Adjective:
- We are celebrating our one-year-old daughter's birthday.
- The veterinarian examined the one-year-old puppy.
- This cheese is a one-year-old Gouda.
- How do you care for a one-year-old? (Here, "one-year-old" functions as a noun, meaning a one-year-old child or animal).
Advanced Usage
- Used as a nominalized adjective: When "one-year-old" is used without a following noun, it functions as a noun phrase referring to a person or animal of that age.
- The one-year-old is learning to walk.
- In compound age descriptions: Can be part of a list or range.
- The program is for one-year-old and two-year-old children.
Variants and Related Words
- Year-old (suffix): Used in combination with numbers to form adjectives indicating age (e.g., , ).
- Aged one year: A more formal synonym.
- 12-month-old: A less common, more precise synonym.
Synonyms
- Aged one: (Formal)
- Twelve-month-old: (Technical/Precise)
Related Phrases
- To turn one: The action of reaching one year of age.
- My son will turn one next week.
- First birthday: The celebration of being one-year-old.
- We're planning her first birthday party.
Adjective
- one year of age