US /ˈtiːˌneɪdʒ/ UK /ˈtiːneɪd͡ʒ/
adj noun Freq #4843

Meanings

  1. 1
    adj

    Aged between 13 and 19 years old.

    Their teenage daughter just started high school.

  2. 2
    adj

    Relating to the years when someone is a teenager.

    His teenage years were the happiest of his life.

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Synonyms
1 adj · aged between 13 and 19... adolescent

Common collocations

Etymology

From teen (Kentish variant of tine (“enclose within a wattle fence”)) + -age (suffix forming abstract nouns). First attested circa 1700.

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