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

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