# youngest

Pronunciation: US/UK say "YUNG-gist" /ˈjʌŋ.ɡɪst/; AUS say "YUNG-guhst" /ˈjʌŋ.ɡəst/

## Adjective

1. Superlative of young. — superlative form of young: most young
   - Simple: Superlative of young. Use this form for the one that is the most young of all.
   - _Of all the volcanoes in the chain, that one is the youngest._
   - _The youngest member of the committee proposed the boldest changes._
3. Most recently begun or formed, compared with others of the same kind.
   - Simple: Made or started more recently than all the others of its kind.
   - _This fault line is the youngest geological feature in the basin._
   - _The youngest of the political parties already holds several seats in parliament._
4. In card games, describing the player who receives dealt cards last, the one served just before the dealing comes back around to the eldest.
   - Simple: In a card game, being the player who is dealt cards last in each round.
   - _The cards went around the table one at a time, and the youngest hand was always the last to be served._
   - _Once the youngest player had taken her card, the dealer went back to the eldest and began the next circuit._

## Noun

2. The child in a family, or person in a group, who is lower in age than all the rest.
   - Simple: The family member or group member who is lower in age than all the others.
   - _Being the youngest, he was the last of his siblings to leave home._
   - _Among the five cousins, the youngest eventually inherited the farm._

Source: DictionaryAI, https://dictionaryai.com/define/youngest (written from Wiktionary data, CC BY-SA 4.0: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/).