teenage

teenage
teen|age [ˈti:neıdʒ] adj also teen|aged [ˈti:neıdʒd] [only before noun]
1.) aged between 13 and 19
a teenage boy
my teenage daughter
2.) relating to or affecting people aged between 13 and 19
the teenage years
teenage rebellion
the problem of teenage pregnancy

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