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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a child of five" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to specify the age of a child, often in contexts discussing development, education, or behavior.
Example: "The study focused on the cognitive abilities of a child of five compared to those of older children."
Alternatives: "a five-year-old" or "a five-year-old child".
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"A child of five would understand this.
Send someone to fetch a child of five".
He smiled, then turned to me, speaking as if to a child of five.
She was on the stage as a child of five, and "went into the movies" in their early days.
"I wanna go and see the bats," he told his grandfather with more assertiveness than one might expect from a child of five or six.
I'm not sure if a child of five could make it alone, but at least you won't need planning permission or historic building consent for this one.
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A child of eight - also of Bengali origin - was 86kg (190lb).
It is as high as a child of two.
She showed me a photograph of herself as a child of nine or ten.
As a child of nine or ten, she'd been attacked by a German shepherd.
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