teens

Meanings

1. 1
   noun

   The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).

   The number of people at the meeting was in the teens.

2. 2
   noun

   The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.

   She is in her teens.

3. 3
   noun

   The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.

   I was so excited for the teens to be over but then we get to the twenties and suddenly it's a pandemic!

4. 4
   noun

   The range between 10 and 19.

   Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.

5. 5
   noun

   all the numbers that end in -teen

6. 6
   noun

   the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20

7. 7
   noun

   plural of teen

Etymology

The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen.