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teen

1

[ teen ]

adjective



noun

  1. a teenager.

teen

2

[ teen ]

noun

  1. Archaic. suffering; grief.
  2. Obsolete. injury; harm.

-teen

3
  1. a suffix used to form cardinal numerals from 13 to 19.

-teen

1

combining form

  1. ten: added to modified forms of the numbers 3 to 9 to form the numbers 13 to 19
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

teen

2

/ پː /

adjective

  1. informal.
    another word for teenage
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

teen

3

/ پː /

noun

  1. obsolete.
    affliction or woe
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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Derived Forms

  • -teenth, combining_form:in_adjective
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of teen1

First recorded in 1940–45; by shortening

Origin of teen2

before 1000; Middle English tene, Old English ŧDzԲ; cognate with Old Frisian tiona, Old Saxon tiono, Old Norse ō

Origin of teen3

Middle English, Old English -ŧԱ, combining form of ten; cognate with Dutch -tien, German -zehn
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51Թ History and Origins

Origin of teen1

Old English -ŧԱ, -tӯne

Origin of teen2

Old English ŧDzԲ; related to Old Saxon tiono, Old Frisian tiona injury
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A young driver given a two-year custodial sentence for killing three teens on their way home from school had a history of "showing off" at the wheel.

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Sue began to hoard in her late teens.

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Instagram has already introduced "teen accounts" which turn on many privacy settings by default - although some researchers have claimed they were able to circumvent the promised protections.

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Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, has said it shares the goal of keeping teens safe online.

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Meta, which owns Facebook and Instagram, says it also shares the goal of keeping teens safe online and had recently introduced "teen accounts" with enhanced protections.

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