teenage

adjective

teen·​age ˈtēn-ˌāj How to pronounce teenage (audio)
variants or teenaged
: of, being, relating to, or intended for teenagers
teenage boys
the teenage years
teenage literature
They had two teenage daughters.

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During a familiarly frenetic summer of incomings and outgoings (hat tip Strasbourg) at Chelsea, new recruit Joao Pedro has made a dream start to life in West London, already dovetailing well with compatriot and teenage star Estevao. Jack Bantock, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2025 One episode throws Ned into conflict with a teenage local-news blogger, as though Gen Z were finding its voice on Blogspot rather than Substack or TikTok or YouTube. Judy Berman, Time, 3 Sep. 2025 All young people can be targets, but in 90% of financial sextortion cases, the victims are teenage boys between ages 14 and 17, according to a June 2024 report from the nonprofit Thorn, done in partnership with the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children. Natalie Eilbert, jsonline.com, 3 Sep. 2025 The riots in the summer of 2024 had followed a stabbing massacre at a children's dance group in Southport by the teenage son of Rwandan immigrants. Shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teenage

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of teenage was in 1912

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teenage. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.

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teenage

adjective
teen·​age ˈtē-ˌnāj How to pronounce teenage (audio)
variants or teenaged
: of, being, or relating to people in their teens

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