Definition of preteen
: a boy or girl not yet 13 years old
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Harford County hopes to capture the attention of preteens to young adults with the campaign, but there is a message here for parents, too.
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There’s the city folk like us, the locals, and the gangs of sweaty preteens in matching soccer uniforms getting team dinner after a game.
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As if residing with two adorable ponies just off the back patio wasn’t enough, the fact that the home came with stairs took the entire class of preteens over the edge.
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Rayfield always has been bigger than most of his peers and displayed his star power as a preteen in 2014, helping to lead the Northside Suburban Little League All-Stars to within two wins of a berth in the Little League World Series. .
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During the time of the attack, preteen and teen campers were sleeping in cabins 100 feet away.
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Along with Soupy Sales, Buffalo Bob Smith, Bob Keeshan (better known as Captain Kangaroo), Fran Allison and his mentor, the puppeteer Paul Ashley, Mr. McCann helped shape zany, impromptu preteen local programming in television’s formative years.
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Director Darcy Hennessey Turenne, a former pro mountain biker, was a preteen racing a hardware-store bike on Vancouver Island when riders like Brett Tippie were starting to send big jumps and build trails.
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My preteen self couldn’t even fathom seeing an Asian face on the cover of a mainstream magazine or leading a TV show or headlining a movie.
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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
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: being younger than 13
Recent Examples of preteen from the Web
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The artist from Austin, Texas, has her first exhibition in L.A. at the Luis De Jesus gallery, and the collage and text works explore preteen awkwardness and the syncretic nature of black female identity.
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When Joie Manda was 12 years old, Mongoose bicycles were all the rage among his preteen friends in Brooklyn -- for everyone but him.
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Go because Meg Murry is still the ultimate hero for an entire generation of preteen girls.
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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.
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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