teen
/ˈtiːn/ noun B1- Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
- A black teenager or a young black person.
Plural teens
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She said we couldn’t be too careful what habits we formed and what ideals we acquired in our teens, because by the time we were twenty our characters would be developed and the foundation laid for our whole future life.
“I can scarcely realize that I’m in my teens.
Miss Stacy took all us girls who are in our teens down to the brook last Wednesday, and talked to us about it.
“I was a boy in my teens at the time of my father’s death and had never seen the Hall, for he lived in a little cottage on the South Coast.
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