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teens

[ teenz ]

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.


teens

/ پːԳ /

plural noun

  1. the years of a person's life between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive
  2. all the numbers that end in -teen
“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 teens1

1595–1605; teen (extracted from numbers with -teen as final element) + -s 3
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A young driver given a two-year custodial sentence for killing three teens on their way home from school had a history of "showing off" at the wheel.

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Sue began to hoard in her late teens.

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Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has said it shares the goal of keeping teens safe online.

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Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says it also shares the goal of keeping teens safe online and had recently introduced "teen accounts" with enhanced protections.

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Gen. Pam Bondi posted on X: “This is absolutely unconscionable. about Justice for these teens? about the rights of their parents?”

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