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- [tween]
- /twin/
- /twiːn/
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- [tween]
- /twin/
Definitions of tween word
- preposition tween contraction of between. 1
- noun tween Also, tween, tweeny. a youngster between 10 and 12 years of age, considered too old to be a child and too young to be a teenager. 1
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Origin of tween
First appearance:
before 1250 One of the 11% oldest English words
1250-1300; Middle English twene, aphetic variant of atwene (see a-1) or betwene between
Historical Comparancy
Parts of speech for Tween
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
tween popularity
A pretty common term. Usually people know it’s meaning, but prefer to use a more spread out synonym. About 55% of English native speakers know the meaning and use word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
tween usage trend in Literature
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