/bɔɪ/
Translation
A male child, or a young male person.
Word origin
From Middle English boi, which once meant a servant or a young male helper.
- Origin
- Middle English
- Root
- boi
Grammar
Examples
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"Boy" means a young male person.
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Here "boy" means a male child.
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"Boys" is the plural, meaning more than one boy.
A boy is a male child or a young male person. As he grows up, a boy becomes a man. The word for a young female person is girl.
Where this fits
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Grammar articles
(4)Causative have and get in English: have something done, get something done and having someone do it
Advanced passive structures in English: the get-passive, it is said that, and passives with two objects
Passive voice in English: rules, examples and when to use it
Relative clauses in English: defining, non-defining and when to drop the pronoun
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