Definition of preteen
: a boy or girl not yet 13 years old
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Dana, not being family, had no claim on the child — other than a strong bond with the preteen.
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Maybe even smarter was his decision to be a kid in between shoots instead of following so many other preteen Mickey Mouse Club members into Hollywoodland.
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Another preteen snuggled with Tasha in the play room.
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Instead the gangly preteen wound up at a basketball camp with Klay Thompson, Jeremy Tyler and a handful of former Bahamas standouts now playing pro ball.
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At Spiece Fieldhouse in Fort Wayne, Ind., the preteen teammates won a youth basketball national championship.
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Most of all, though, talking with your grandchildren assures them of your interest and their support, both growing more important through the preteens and teen years.
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And yet: In 2016, Dutch researchers Helen Vossen and Patti Valkenburg found correlations between heavier social media use and increased empathy in preteens.
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In a city that records a preteen suicide about every other year, two such deaths weeks apart were particularly jarring.
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First Known Use of preteen
1938
Definition of preteen
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: relating to or produced for children especially in the 9 to 12 year-old age group
- preteen fashions
2
: being younger than 13
Recent Examples of preteen from the Web
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The do-gooder shtick may explain his wide appeal to preteen boys and their parents alike.
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Rin, the director’s preteen daughter, survives, vowing revenge on the men who killed her family.
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Girls on the Run of Central Maryland Encourages preteen girls to develop healthy lifestyles and boost self-esteem through running.
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God Bless my dad, who braved a snowstorm that night to take me, armed with my brand new Kodak 110 camera (and plenty of flash bulbs!) to sit in a crowd of screaming preteen girls that night.
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Connell said his brother leaves a wife, Melissa Ann Feis, and their preteen daughter.
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Some companies have offered parental controls as a way of curbing unauthorized preteen use of their platforms.
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Peri and her preteen daughter are stuck in traffic on their way to a soiree when a thief reaches into their car and runs off with Peri’s handbag.
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Angelina was a member of the preteen team, but there were also older teenagers and girls as young as 4 who were there to compete.
These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'preteen.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
First Known Use of preteen
1929
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Definition of preteen for English Language Learners
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: a boy or girl who is 11 or 12 years old
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