Meaning

A person whose age is between 10 and 19 (inclusive)..

Definitions by Sense

1. A person whose age is between 10 and 19 (inclusive).
2. Any whole number between 10 and 19, inclusive.
3. Aged between 10 and 19, inclusive.

Example Sentences

Marshall Herskovitz, having a crack at working with tensomethings.

Some of the media—a rubbery term that included Dan Rather as well as CBS electricians, the New York Times, and the tensomethings of the Children’s Express—were circling the Garden last week for the same reason that Ailes was on hand.

If you’re looking to cash in on a market that’s hot, look to the tensomethings.

Indeed what do the tensomethings, who might be watching the show at that hour, make of jokes like Joey telling Chandler that his uncle Sal has a really big tongue.

Otherwise, we’ll see today’s tensomethings wistfully hefting cold ones in tomorrow’s virtual reality, trying to remember the names of the babes from Baywatch: Snoopy? Clarabelle? Sharona? Tonya? Lorena? Heidi?

Is Verhoeven juvenile enough for today’s tensomethings?

> 1) is everybody reading uk.misc twentysomething? / Well, I'm tensomething (nineteen :-)

Similarly, most true geeks rarely watch television and very rarely watch movies (the last movie I saw in a theater was The Empire Strikes Back way back when I was tensomething).

Word Forms

• tensomethings
• ten-something

When Should You Use Tensomething?

Use tensomething when its meaning, tone and grammar fit the full sentence. A synonym is not always a direct replacement.

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