Teen Definition

tēn

teens

noun

teens

The numbers from thirteen through nineteen.

Webster's New World

The 10th through 19th items, in a series or scale.

The temperature was in the low teens.

American Heritage

The years from thirteen through nineteen (of a century or of a person's age)

Webster's New World

Webster's New World

A teenager.

American Heritage

Synonyms:

adjective

Teenage.

American Heritage

Webster's New World

Synonyms:

affix

Ten and.

Webster's New World

verb

(obsolete) To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure. - Piers Plowman.

Wiktionary

(obsolete, provincial) To hedge or fence in; to enclose.

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suffix

Used to form cardinal numbers from thirteen to nineteen.

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Other Word Forms of Teen

Singular:

teen

Plural:

Middle English tene, from Old English teōna (“reproach, wrong"), from teōn (“to accuse"); akin to German zeihen, Gothic 𐌲𐌰𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌷𐌰𐌽 (gateihan, “to tell, announce"), Latin dÄ«cere (“to say"). See token.

From Wiktionary
From Old English teónian, tnan (“to slander, vex"). See Etymology 2 above.

From Wiktionary
ME -tene < OE -tene, -tyne, inflected form of tien, ten

From Webster's New World College Dictionary, 5th Edition
From Old English -tÄ“ne, from Proto-Germanic -tehun ("ten").

From Wiktionary
Middle English tene from Old English tēona

From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
Back-formation from teenager.

From Wiktionary
See tine to shut

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