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teenage

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[ teen-eyj ]

adjective

  1. of, relating to, or characteristic of a teenager.


teenage

/ ˈپːˌɪ /

adjective

  1. prenominal of or relating to the time in a person's life between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. this period of time
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Word History and Origins

Origin of teenage1

1920–25; teen ( teens ) + age
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Example Sentences

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He seems to chase that magic, perhaps rooted in his days as a teenage magician working at Outback Steakhouse in his hometown of Toledo, Ohio.

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Court filings say the recent incident happened last year on Nov. 13 at around 4 a.m., when Danine Dean, 48, was home alone, while her teenage son stayed at his father’s house.

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Sweden has seen a wave of teenage gang crime in recent years, with suspects accused of a range of offences from vandalism to murder.

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He reunited the Alarm in 2000 and hit the U.K. charts in 2004 when, in a clandestine stunt, he wrote and recorded a single as a fictional teenage punk band, the Poppy Fields.

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A former aide to Health Secretary Wes Streeting has been spared jail after exposing himself to a teenage girl and following her.

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