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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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teen. noun [ C ] uk / tiːn / us / tiːn /. a teenager. Compare. adolescent noun. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Young people. adolescence.
1 of 2. 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.
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 .
1. combining form. ten: added to modified forms of the numbers 3 to 9 to form the numbers 13 to 19. teen. 2. / tiːn / adjective. informal. another word for teenage. teen. 3. / tiːn / noun. obsolete. affliction or woe. Discover More. Derived Forms. -teenth, combining_form:in_adjective. Discover 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.
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.
