Teens
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /tiːnz/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Teens is a noun meaning plural of teen.
Meaning
plural of teen.
More Meanings
- The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).
- The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.
- The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.
- (temperature, rates) The range between 10 and 19.
Example Sentences
She is in her teens.
a youngster just out of his teens
The number of people at the meeting was in the teens.
Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include teenaged, adolescent, young, immature, teenage, adolescence.
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