teen

1 of 2

noun (1)

: a teenage person : teenager
teen adjective

teen

2 of 2

noun (2)

archaic

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Alexander Zverev, the No. 3 seed and 2024 French Open runner-up, takes on talented American teen Learner Tien, making his Roland-Garros main-draw debut. Merlisa Lawrence Corbett, Forbes.com, 23 May 2025 Parents, experts and lawmakers have urged tech giants to do more to prevent the sale of counterfeit or illicit drugs to young people through their platforms, after multiple teens have died of overdoses from pills bought online. Clare Duffy, CNN Money, 22 May 2025 Meanwhile, antidepressant prescription rates in teens increased by 1,400 percent between 1987 and 2014. Between 1999 and 2018, the pharmaceutical industry purportedly spent $4.7 billion on lobbying expenditures at the federal level—more than any other industry. Nick Mordowanec, MSNBC Newsweek, 22 May 2025 Graham had read about many cases of violence through the years young British teens — including one in Liverpool about three young boys who stabbed a young girl and another about a transgender girl who was lured into a park and killed. Emily Longeretta, Variety, 22 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for teen

Word History

Etymology

Noun (2)

Middle English tene, from Old English tēona injury, grief; akin to Old Norse tjōn loss, damage

First Known Use

Noun (1)

1818, in the meaning defined above

Noun (2)

13th century, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of teen was in the 13th century

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“Teen.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teen. Accessed 29 May. 2025.

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teen

noun
ˈtēn
teen adjective

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