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teenage

UK/ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/
adjectiveA2+Common in everyday speech and writing · #3,098 of 15,258neutral

Teenage means belonging to the years between thirteen and nineteen. The numbers that end in teen.

That is the whole definition, which is why twelve and twenty are outside it however the person behaves. It goes before a noun, so a teenage daughter or teenage years. The noun is a teenager, a word invented in the 1940s along with the whole idea of teenagers as a separate market. Teens as a noun means the same period, so being in your teens covers all seven years.

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Definitions of teenage

  1. 1adjectiveteenageRelating to a person aged between thirteen and nineteen.A2+

    “They have two teenage sons.”

Where it comes from

From -teen + age. First attested in 1921.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in A Man Called Ove

First appears in chapter 6 of A Man Called Ove.

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teenage in the wild

  • The definition of teenage pregnancy includes those who are legally considered adults in their country.

    Teenage pregnancy

  • Kaley Cuoco, Amy Davidson, and Martin Spanjers co-starred as their teenage kids: Bridget, Kerry, and Rory.

    8 Simple Rules

From Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. These sentences were written by other people about their own subjects; they are here to show the word at work, not as anybody’s opinion.

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