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- [teenz]
- /tinz/
- /tiːnz/
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- US Pronunciation
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- [teenz]
- /tinz/
Definitions of teens word
- noun teens a teenager. 1
- abbreviation TEENS teenage. 1
- noun plural teens the years of a person's life between the ages of 13 and 19 inclusive 0
- noun plural teens all the numbers that end in -teen 0
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Origin of teens
First appearance:
before 1595 One of the 38% oldest English words
1595-1605; teen (extracted from numbers with -teen as final element) + -s3
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Teens
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
teens popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 90% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
teens usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for teens
noun teens
- adolescence — Adolescence is the period of your life in which you develop from being a child into being an adult.
- awkward age — early adolescence.
- boyhood — Boyhood is the period of a male person's life during which he is a boy.
- childhood — A person's childhood is the period of their life when they are a child.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.