Definition of Teens

1. Noun. The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20.

Generic synonyms: Time Of Life
Group relationships: Adulthood, Maturity

2. Noun. All the numbers that end in -teen.
Generic synonyms: Large Integer

Definition of Teens

1. n. pl. The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.

Definition of Teens

1. Noun. The numbers between thirteen and nineteen. ¹

2. Noun. The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old. ¹

3. Noun. The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens. ¹

4. Noun. (plural of teen) ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Teens

1. teen [n] - See also: teen

Lexicographical Neighbors of Teens

teended
teending
teendom
teends
teene
teened
teener
teeners
teenes
teenful
teenhood
teenier
teeniest
teening
teenlike
teens (current term)
teensier
teensiest
teensy
teensy-weensy
teensy weensy
teenth
teentier
teentiest
teentsier
teentsiest
teentsy
teenty
teeny
teeny-bopper

Literary usage of Teens

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Kids, Cops & Communities by Marcia R. Chaiken (1999)
"Staff Are Conscious of the teens' Home and Neighborhood Environments Because many participants live in neighborhoods where respect is difficult for adults ..."

2. Working with Youth in High-Risk Environments: Experiences in Prevention edited by Carol E. Marcus, John D. Swisher (1996)
"The Athletes Coaching teens (ACT) program addressed the need for an AOD use prevention program in the Richmond community. ACT is a comprehensive program ..."

3. Drug Use Among Racial/Ethnic Minorities edited by Andrea Kopstein (1998)
"Parents agree with greater frequency than do youth and teens that smoking ... Generally, youth and teens reported declining disapproval of friends' drug use ..."

4. The American Journal of Psychology by Granville Stanley Hall, Edward Bradford Titchener (1906)
"The subconscious recapitulation of the i-io range and of the "teens" is not only the frame-work, but very largely the substance, of all adding. ..."

5. Preventing Teen Pregnancy: Coordinating Comunity Efforts edited by Christopher Shays (1999)
""Yet we still have a long way to go in helping teens avoid too-early pregnancy and ... Virtually all of the decline occurred among teens ages 15 to 17. ..."

6. Biblical Counsel: Resources for Renewal : an Annotated Topical Bibliography by Steven C. Kettler (1993)
"70302 "A complete text and tape instruction manual from a man who has dealt with hundreds of delinquent teens. A most useful Biblical treatment. ..."

7. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by H.W. Wilson Company (1915)
"... the boy in his 'teens. Mrs. F: Schoff. 1 1 Good H 60:369-75 Ap '15 Home problems. .... teens ..."

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