teen

teen
teen1 [ti:n] adj [only before noun] informal
[Date: 1900-2000; Origin: teenage]
relating to teenagers or used by teenagers
a rock star and teen idol
a teen magazine
teen 2
teen2 n
1.) AmE informal a teenager
2.) teens [plural]
your teens is the period of your life when you are between 13 and 19 years old
be in your teens
She was in her teens when she met him.
early/late teens
We moved to York when I was in my early teens.

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