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.
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Definition for teens (2 of 3)
teen
1[ teen ]
/ tin /
noun
Archaic. suffering; grief.
Obsolete. injury; harm.
Origin of teen
1before 1000; Middle English tene, Old English tēona; cognate with Old Frisian tiona, Old Saxon tiono, Old Norse tjōn
Definition for teens (3 of 3)
Origin of teen
2First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening
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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)
British Dictionary definitions for teens (3 of 3)
teen
2/ (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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