teen

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   A person between 13 and 19 years old.

   Many teens spend a lot of time on their phones.

2. 2
   adj

   Relating to or aimed at teenagers.

   The magazine covers teen fashion and music.

3. 3
   adj

   Aged between 13 and 19.

   She has two teen sons still living at home.

From Middle English tenen, tinen, from Old English tȳnan (“to fence, inclose, shut, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”). Doublet of tine. Cognate with Dutch tuinen, German zäunen. Related to English town.

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