teens

[teenz]

plural noun

1. the numbers 13 through 19, especially in a progression, as the 13th through the 19th years of a lifetime or of a given or implied century.

teens

/ tiːnz /

plural noun

1. the years of a person's life between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive

2. all the numbers that end in -teen

Word History and Origins

Origin of teens¹

1595–1605; teen (extracted from numbers with -teen as final element) + -s ³

Example Sentences

"I was still in my teens," he later recalled.

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Nancy Shear wasn’t yet out of her teens when she was hired as musical assistant to the eminent and enigmatic symphony conductor Leopold Stokowski, who became her mentor and a father figure of sorts.

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It’s dangerous for teens to seek mental-health help from chatbots, according to a study from Common Sense Media and Stanford University.

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Child safety organizations have pressured lawmakers to regulate AI companies and institute better safeguards for teens’ use of chatbots.

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In her early teens, her parents say, she began showing signs of borderline personality disorder, attention deficit disorder and depression.

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• boyhood