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单词 preteens
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preteen

1 of 2

noun

pre·​teen ˈprē-ˈtēn How to pronounce preteen (audio)
-ˌtēn
: a boy or girl not yet 13 years old

preteen

2 of 2

adjective

1
: relating to or produced for children especially in the 9 to 12 year-old age group
preteen fashions
2
: being younger than 13

Example Sentences

Recent Examples on the Web
Noun
Some images include her as a baby in a Halloween costume, while others show her as a preteen posing on a getaway with her model mom. Nicholas Rice, Peoplemag, 25 Aug. 2022 Wie West has been putting that into practice for years, ever since her preteen and teen days. Elizabeth Millard, C.p.t., SELF, 20 June 2022 Fellow passengers were mostly day-trippers: a family from Germany with a giggling toddler and disaffected preteen, a trio of college students road-tripping up the West Coast, many retirees. Liza Weisstuch, Washington Post, 5 Aug. 2022 That's because the Amazon drama, based on the comic books by Brian K. Vaughan and Cliff Chiang, is set in the 1980s, has a science-fiction premise and preteen protagonists on vintage bicycles. Kelly Lawler, USA TODAY, 29 July 2022 The loudest, most riotous hour of music of the weekend came from none other than the Linda Lindas, the upstart SoCal teenage (and preteen) punk rockers who are currently on their first-ever proper tour in support of their debut, Growing Up. Jonathan Bernstein, Rolling Stone, 25 July 2022 Phoenix police are investigating a shooting that left a teenager and preteen, a boy and a girl, injured Thursday night near 28th Street and Broadway Road. Jane Florance, The Arizona Republic, 7 Apr. 2022 In 2014, the internet-native urban legend known as Slenderman famously led two preteen girls to stab a friend 19 times. Brian Contrerasstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 1 July 2022 After suffering from hiccups for three months, the Manchester preteen invented Hiccupops, lollipops that aim to stop occasional hiccupping. Susan Dunne, Hartford Courant, 4 July 2022
Adjective
Playing and watching team sports were the twin pillars of his preteen existence, and both pursuits were snatched away from him a matter of days. Brendan I. Koerner, Wired, 19 May 2020 The incident drew national attention, in part because Block involved his preteen daughter in the ugly episode. Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2019 Eighteen of them, including five preteen children, died in Putnam County, some 80 miles east of Nashville. USA TODAY, 6 Mar. 2020 An apparent domestic situation at a house in the 2700 block of Oakland Avenue South left two adults and two preteen children dead, according to John Elder, a spokesman for the Minneapolis Police Department. Kristi Belcamino, Twin Cities, 1 Dec. 2019 Shapiro said agents from his office discovered Sullivan’s penchant for viewing images of preteen children during an investigation on a file sharing network. Janelle Griffith, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2019 Her family paid a smuggler to get her and her preteen daughter from Honduras to Mexico. Rafael Carranza, azcentral, 12 Feb. 2020 In 2014, two preteen girls lured a classmate into the woods on the pretense of everyday fun, and killed her. Vinson Cunningham, The New Yorker, 3 Feb. 2020 The hit 1970s comedy starred Lavin as a widowed mother and aspiring actress working as a waitress in Phoenix while raising her preteen son, played by Philip. Jodi Guglielmi, PEOPLE.com, 11 Dec. 2019 See More

Word History

First Known Use

Noun

1938, in the meaning defined above

Adjective

1929, in the meaning defined at sense 1

preteens

noun

plural of preteen
as in teens

Synonyms & Similar Words

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  • adults
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  • elders
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  • middle-agers
  • senior citizens
  • ancients
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