teen
1a teenager.
Origin of teen
1Other definitions for teen (2 of 3)
Archaic. suffering; grief.
Obsolete. injury; harm.
Origin of teen
2Other definitions for -teen (3 of 3)
a suffix used to form cardinal numerals from 13 to 19.
Origin of -teen
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How to use teen in a sentence
Yes, it was a fairly disappointing year in music—one devoid of Goth teen prodigies, Yeezy, and galvanizing rock anthems.
The 14 Best Songs of 2014: Bobby Shmurda, Future Islands, Drake, and More | Marlow Stern | December 31, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe reigning queen of hip-hop treads the boards in her teen years.
Nicki Minaj: High School Actress | Alex Chancey, The Daily Beast Video | December 30, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTGrowing up as a teen in the 1960s, she had yearned to wear the same clothes her girlfriends wore.
As a teen, she wowed in films like Donnie Darko and Saved!
Jena Malone’s Long, Strange Trip From Homelessness to Hollywood Stardom | Marlow Stern | December 22, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTIf the ongoing Hollywood scandal were a teen thriller from the 90s.
In the year 1819 an act of Parliament was proposed limiting the labor of children nine years of age to four-teen hours a day.
The Profits of Religion | Upton SinclairShe seemed to be more like a somewhat bashful teen-ager who had been educated in a convent.
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The Earliest Arithmetics in English | AnonymousI once visited in a home where a teen-age girl was having one of her frequent “tragic” love experiences.
Herein is Love | Reuel L. Howe
British Dictionary definitions for teen (1 of 3)
/ (tiːn) /
informal another word for teenage
British Dictionary definitions for teen (2 of 3)
/ (tiːn) /
obsolete affliction or woe
Origin of teen
2British Dictionary definitions for -teen (3 of 3)
ten: added to modified forms of the numbers 3 to 9 to form the numbers 13 to 19
Origin of -teen
3Derived forms of -teen
- -teenth, adj combining form
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