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teen1 definition

teen (tēn)

noun

    1. the years from thirteen through nineteen (of a century or of a person's age)
    2. the numbers from thirteen through nineteen
  2. teenager

Etymology: see -teen

adjective

teenage
teen2 definition

teen (tēn)

noun

  1. injury or harm
  2. anger; wrath
  3. grief or suffering

Etymology: ME tene < OE teona, akin to OFris tiona, ON tjōn, injury < IE base *du-, to injure, destroy > Sans dū, pain

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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