Collocations for "childhood"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "childhood" in context.
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childhood
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- had a [sad, happy, spoiled, difficult] childhood
- a stolen childhood
- [during, throughout] my childhood
- as a result of my childhood
- remember your childhood
- reminisce about your childhood
- [died, passed away] during childhood
- did not [survive, live beyond] childhood
- every child deserves a childhood
- childhood is a time of [innocence, joy, wonder]
- a [memory, friend] from childhood
- [character, personality] is [shaped, determined] in childhood
- the childhood of [mankind, the human race]
- a childhood [memory, friend]
- my childhood [school, home, sweetheart]
- (early) childhood education
- common childhood [injuries, illnesses, diseases]
- childhood [obesity, cancer]
'childhood' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
about
- abuse
- accustomed
- album
- arcade
- between
- cancer
- challenging
- character
- condition
- delayed
- deprived
- disorder
- dream
- dwarf
- essence
- fantasy
- fond
- hangover
- hardship
- hero
- joyful
- learn
- mature
- maturity
- modest
- mumps
- needle
- nickname
- onset
- personality
- piercing
- recall
- relapse
- remember
- respective
- riddle
- savvy
- starvation
- stolen
- success
- sweetheart
- threesome
- train
- trouble
- unhappy
- wasted