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teenager

[ teen-ey-jer ]

noun

  1. a person in their teens.


teenager

/ ˈtiːnˌeɪdʒə /

noun

  1. a person between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive


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Word History and Origins

Origin of teenager1

First recorded in 1935–40; teenage + -er 1

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Example Sentences

“I have a lot of memories as a teenager that helped,” she smiles.

But when the announcement came, there was no surprise: Officer Darren Wilson will not stand trial for killing a teenager.

The teenager was shaken by the incident, and his father remembers having to console him for hours that day.

“As a teenager, I tried to convince myself I had imagined it,” wrote Bowman.

On Labor Day weekend, the teenager accompanied Shattuck, her three children, and several of their friends to Bethany beach.

Since the age of nineteen, when a normal teenager would have been in school, preparing himself for life.

I say he was a little boy because I am sure he was an early teenager.

Would you say he was more spoiled than the average teenager?

Ben flipped the car registration slot to "stand-by" and went back to the teenager's car.

A freckled-faced teenager in a dinner jacket was in the driver's seat and had the blister window open.

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