Meaning

4 senses
  1. (plural, plural only)The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).

    The number of people at the meeting was in the teens.

  2. (plural, plural only)The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.

    She is in her teens.

    a youngster just out of his teens

    підлітко́вий вікpidlitkóvyj vik

    the time of life between the ages of 12 and 20

  3. (plural, plural only)The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.

    I was so excited for the teens to be over but then we get to the twenties and suddenly it's a pandemic!

    деся́тіdesjáti

  4. (plural, plural only)The range between 10 and 19.

    Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.

Translations

2 languages
Українська
By meaning 2
time of life between 13 and 19 years old:
second decade of a century:

Origin

The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen.

The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen.

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Forms

plural: teenses
Singularteens
Pluralteenses

regular

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
teens — meaning, examples, forms, synonyms | Krumeto