infancy
/ˈɪn.fən t .si/
noun [ U ]
1. the time when someone is a baby or a very young child
Her youngest child died in infancy.
2.
be in its infancy
to be very new and still developing
The system is still in its infancy.
infant
/ˈɪn.fənt/
noun
YOUNG CHILD
1. [ C ] a baby or a very young child
a newborn infant
knowledge
/ˈnɒl.ɪdʒ/
/ˈnɑː.lɪdʒ/
noun
1. [ S or U ] understanding of or information about a subject which a person gets by experience or study, and
which is either in a person's mind or known by people generally
Her knowledge of English grammar is very extensive.
He has a limited knowledge of French.
The details of the scandal are now common knowledge (= familiar to most people) .
She started to photograph the documents, safe in the knowledge that (= knowing that) she wouldn't be
disturbed for at least an hour.
In this town there are only a couple of restaurants that to my knowledge (= judging from my personal
experience and information) serve good food.
2. [ U ] the state of knowing about or being familiar with something
The Government deny all knowledge of the affair.
It has come/been brought to our knowledge (= We have discovered) that several computers have gone
missing.
maturity
/məˈtjʊə.rɪ.ti/
/-ˈtʊr.ə.t ̬i/
noun [ U ]
DEVELOP MENTALLY
1.
MAINLY
APPROVING
the quality of behaving mentally and emotionally like an adult
2.
MAINLY
APPROVING
a very advanced or developed form or state
maturity
/məˈtjʊə.rɪ.ti/
/-ˈtʊr.ə.t ̬i/
noun [ U ]
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