teen — a person aged between 13 and 19 years
Part of speech: NOUN
Definition: a person aged between 13 and 19 years
Pronunciation (IPA): /tiːn/
Example Sentences
- Every teen thinks their parents don't understand them.
- The teen refused to wake up before noon on weekends.
- She's not a teen anymore - she just turned twenty.
teen
NOUN[/tiːn/]
a person aged between 13 and 19 years
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🎤Pronunciation
🌳Etymology
Origin
The word 'teen' emerged in the early 20th century as a shortened form of the '-teen' suffix found in numerals from thirteen to nineteen. This suffix derives from Old English 'tīene', meaning 'ten', which was originally used to denote numbers formed by adding ten to units (13-19).
Breakdown
tīene (ten, from Old English) → -teen (numeral suffix indicating 10-19 range) → teen (adolescent, semantic shift from the numeric suffix to denote those in their teens).
🎵Rhyme
🔗Collocations
📝Examples
“Every teen thinks their parents don't understand them.”
“The teen refused to wake up before noon on weekends.”
“She's not a teen anymore - she just turned twenty.”
“The typical teen's room looks like a tornado hit it.”
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