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teen

(tiːn)

Word forms: plural teens

1. plural noun [usually poss NOUN]

If you are in your teens, you are between thirteen and nineteen years old.

Amazingly, all the performers are still in their teens.

My late teens and early twenties were really rough years.

I spent most of my teen years reading diet books.

2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun]

Teen is used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by people who are in their teens.

She rose to fame in several US teen movie classics.

Pop isn't pop without huge teen sensations.

...teen violence.

3. countable noun

A teen is someone aged between thirteen and nineteen years old.

[mainly US]

It used to be that any teen who wanted a summer job could get one.

regional note: in BRIT, usually use teenager

teen in British English 1

(tiːn)

adjective

informal another word for teenage

teen in British English 2

(tiːn)

noun

obsolete

affliction or woe

Word origin

Old English tēona; related to Old Saxon tiono, Old Frisian tiona injury

-teen in British English

combining form in countable noun

ten: added to modified forms of the numbers 3 to 9 to form the numbers 13 to 19

Derived forms

-teenth

combining form in adjective

Word origin

Old English -tēne, -tӯne

teen in American English 1

(tin)

noun

1. [pl.]

the years from thirteen through nineteen (of a century or of a person's age)

the numbers from thirteen through nineteen

teenager

adjective

teenage

Word origin

see -teen

teen in American English 2

(tin)

noun Chiefly Dialectal

injury or harm

anger; wrath

grief or suffering

Word origin

ME tene < OE teona, akin to OFris tiona, ON tjōn, injury < IE base *du-, to injure, destroy > Sans dū, pain

-teen in American English

(tin)

ten and

used to form the cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen

Word origin

ME -tene < OE -tene, -tyne, inflected form of tien, ten

In other languages
teen

British English: teen ADJECTIVE

Teen is used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by people who are in their teens.

...a teen movie.

American English: teen
Brazilian Portuguese: adolescente
Chinese: 有关青少年的
European Spanish: de adolescentes
French: pour ados
German: Teenager-
Italian: per adolescenti
Japanese: ティーンエージャー向けの
Korean: 십대를 대상으로 한
European Portuguese: adolescente
Latin American Spanish: de adolescentes

单词	teen
释义	Trends of teen View usage for: teen (tiːn) Word forms: plural teens 1. plural noun [usually poss NOUN] If you are in your teens, you are between thirteen and nineteen years old. Amazingly, all the performers are still in their teens. My late teens and early twenties were really rough years. I spent most of my teen years reading diet books. 2. adjective [ADJECTIVE noun] Teen is used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by people who are in their teens. She rose to fame in several US teen movie classics. Pop isn't pop without huge teen sensations. ...teen violence. 3. countable noun A teen is someone aged between thirteen and nineteen years old. [mainly US] It used to be that any teen who wanted a summer job could get one. regional note: in BRIT, usually use teenager teen in British English 1 (tiːn) adjective informal another word for teenage teen in British English 2 (tiːn) noun obsolete affliction or woe Word origin Old English tēona; related to Old Saxon tiono, Old Frisian tiona injury -teen in British English combining form in countable noun ten: added to modified forms of the numbers 3 to 9 to form the numbers 13 to 19 Derived forms -teenth combining form in adjective Word origin Old English -tēne, -tӯne teen in American English 1 (tin) noun 1. [pl.] a. the years from thirteen through nineteen (of a century or of a person's age) b. the numbers from thirteen through nineteen 2. teenager adjective 3. teenage Word origin see -teen teen in American English 2 (tin) noun Chiefly Dialectal 1. injury or harm 2. anger; wrath 3. grief or suffering Word origin ME tene < OE teona, akin to OFris tiona, ON tjōn, injury < IE base du-, to injure, destroy > Sans dū, pain -teen in American English (tin) ten and used to form the cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen Word origin ME -tene < OE -tene, -tyne, inflected form of tien, ten In other languages teen British English: teen ADJECTIVE Teen* is used to describe things such as films, magazines, bands, or activities that are aimed at or are done by people who are in their teens. ...a teen movie. American English: teen Brazilian Portuguese: adolescente Chinese: 有关青少年的 European Spanish: de adolescentes French: pour ados German: Teenager- Italian: per adolescenti Japanese: ティーンエージャー向けの Korean: 십대를 대상으로 한 European Portuguese: adolescente Latin American Spanish: de adolescentes Chinese translation of 'teen' teen (tiːn) adj (= teenage) 青少年的 (qīngshàonián de) see also teens
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