teens

[ teenz ]

/ tinz /

plural noun

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.

Words nearby teens

teen, teena, teenage, teenager, teener, teens, teensy, teensy-weensy, teenter, teeny, teeny-weeny

Origin of teens

1595–1605; teen (extracted from numbers with -teen as final element) + -s³

Definition for teens (2 of 3)

teen¹

[ teen ]

/ tin /

noun

Archaic. suffering; grief.

Obsolete. injury; harm.

Origin of teen

before 1000; Middle English tene, Old English tēona; cognate with Old Frisian tiona, Old Saxon tiono, Old Norse tjōn

Definition for teens (3 of 3)

teen²

[ teen ]

/ tin /

adjective

teenage.

noun

a teenager.

Origin of teen

First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening

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Examples from the Web for teens

What is the suicide rate of Christian teens relative to transgender ones?
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That is seven children and teens killed by gunfire each and every day in America.
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But for some teens ISIS seems to symbolize power and purpose, a great drama promising deliverance from the humdrum.
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Teens may be unaware of the potential for their private images to end up being disseminated.
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As they went from their teens into their 20s, McCain and Kastigar each had minor run-ins with the law.
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It discusses the school, home and entire life of the girl in her teens.
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This lad in his teens was only one of many adult illiterates taught by the Ohio woman and her plan proved that it could be done.
Blue Ridge Country|Jean Thomas
But to-day a young fellow scarcely out of his teens had made him look like a fool.
Oh, You Tex!|William Macleod Raine
The arrival on the scene of this young man, who was scarcely out of his teens, was a shadow of disaster to the Turks.
Captain John Smith|Charles Dudley Warner
They tell me, Mr. Mole, that in London they have leading ladies in their teens.
Old Mole|Gilbert Cannan

British Dictionary definitions for teens (1 of 3)

teens

/ (tiːnz) /

pl n

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

all the numbers that end in -teen

British Dictionary definitions for teens (2 of 3)

teen¹

/ (tiːn) /

adjective

informal another word for teenage

British Dictionary definitions for teens (3 of 3)

teen²

/ (tiːn) /

noun

obsolete affliction or woe

Word Origin for teen

Old English tēona; related to Old Saxon tiono, Old Frisian tiona injury

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teens

plural noun

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Origin of teens

Definition for teens (2 of 3)

noun

Origin of teen

Definition for teens (3 of 3)

adjective

noun

Origin of teen

Examples from the Web for teens

British Dictionary definitions for teens (1 of 3)

pl n

British Dictionary definitions for teens (2 of 3)

adjective

British Dictionary definitions for teens (3 of 3)

noun

Word Origin for teen