teens

[ teenz ]
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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.

Origin of teens

1
1595–1605; teen (extracted from numbers with -teen as final element) + -s3

Words Nearby teens

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How to use teens in a sentence

  • But she was half a dozen years older than de Brus, who was still in his teens and was never distinguished for enterprise.

    King Robert the Bruce | A. F. Murison
  • There was a Miss Mayblunt, no longer in her teens, who looked at the world through lorgnettes and with the keenest interest.

  • Moreover, let it be remembered she was at this time not a girl in her teens, but a woman of nearly forty-four.

  • The Fairy Prince was nearing home at last, and a tall, shy maid in her teens was glad that he was on the way.

    Maid Sally | Harriet A. Cheever
  • Then Betsy would redden and toss her head, for, like most girls in their early teens, she wished to be thought older than she was.

    Napoleon's Young Neighbor | Helen Leah Reed

British Dictionary definitions for teens

teens

/ (tiːnz) /


pl n
  1. the years of a person's life between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive

  2. all the numbers that end in -teen

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