teen

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/tiːn/

noun 4verb 3adj 1

Collocations

ADJ.

creepy, local, rebellious, sad, troubled, watched

The local teen volunteers spent their Saturday morning cleaning up the park.

VERB + TEEN

empower, found, knew, read, reading, smoking

Reading teen magazines was my favorite thing to do on lazy Sunday afternoons.

TEEN + NOUN

animaniacs, drivers, fashion, idol, magazine, moms, movie, stunt

My daughter started reading teen fashion magazines to get ideas for her school outfits.

PREP.

in, in, on

My daughter is struggling with her confidence in her teen years.

ADV.

really

My daughter was really teen when she refused to eat anything but pizza for a week.

Definitions

noun

Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).

In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.

Europeans have more success with generational outreach, but they start with younger age groups and provide a greater variety of all-youth activities. Rather than giving up hope, the YCN redirected its focus from teens to twens, particularly ...

A black teenager or a young black person.

adj

Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage

teen fashion

noun

Grief; sorrow; trouble.

In which the birds song many a lovely lay / Of Gods high praise, and of their loves sweet teene, / As it an earthly Paradize had beene […]

The Soldan changed hue for grief and teen, / On that sad book his shame and loss he lear'd.

Vexation; anger; hate.

Thesaurus

Synonyms

noun — a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

adjective — being of the age 13 through 19

Antonyms

Idioms & Phrases

Example Bank

In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.

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We found that teen drivers and the public largely misunderstand the legal status of cannabis use and do not fully recognize the risks of cannabis-impaired driving.

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teen fashion

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In which the birds song many a lovely lay / Of Gods high praise, and of their loves sweet teene, / As it an earthly Paradize had beene […]

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The Soldan changed hue for grief and teen, / On that sad book his shame and loss he lear'd.

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Usage Notes

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In some senses, teen is marked as derogatory, archaic, obsolete. Watch for register when choosing this word.

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