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- Dictionaryteen/tiːn/
noun
- 1. the years of a person's age from 13 to 19: "they were both in their late teens"
- 2. a teenager: informal "managing troubled teens has become a difficult task for parents"
adjective
- 1. relating to teenagers: informal "a teen idol"
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noun (1) ˈtēn. Synonyms of teen. : a teenage person : teenager. teen adjective. 2 of 2. noun (2) archaic. : misery, affliction. Examples of teen in a Sentence. Recent Examples on the Web. Noun. But the first few months of 2024 saw that number drop to the high teens or low 20s.
A teen is someone aged between thirteen and nineteen years old. It used to be that any teen who wanted a summer job could get one. Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner’s Dictionary .
TEEN definition: 1. → teenage 2. a teenager 3. → teenage. Learn more.
Are you between the ages of 13 and 19? If so, you're a teen! Teen is a less-formal way to say teenager. You can use this informal word as a noun or an adjective, so you might talk about teen literature, teen rebellion, teen movies, or teen romance—anything that has to do with teenagers.
TEEN definition: 1. short for teenager 2. relating to, or popular with, people who are between 13 and 19 years old: . Learn more.
Example Sentences. A teen who FaceTimes with her grandparents or does homework online for an hour is having a very different experience than someone who sits alone and watches an action movie or plays Fortnite for that hour. From Science News For Students.
A person's teens are the period in which they are aged between 13 and 19: Both my daughters are in their teens. He's in his early/mid/late teens. the teens. the range of temperature between 13° and 19°: The temperature is expected to be in the teens tomorrow.
