teen

«teen» in Mova's school dictionary: A teenager, a person aged 13 to 19 — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (a teen, teens); adjective (teen); combining form (-teen, as in thirteen)

meaning for a pupil

1) (informal) A teenager, a person aged 13 to 19. tree →

2) (adjective) For or about teenagers: a teen magazine. tree →

3) In your teens: aged between 13 and 19. tree →

4) -teen: the ending of numbers 13 to 19, meaning «and ten». tree →

sense in the lessons

In maths, -teen numbers (thirteen to nineteen) are ten plus a number; pupils learn not to confuse thirteen (13) with thirty (30) by listening for the stress. In everyday life, teen is a short word for teenager. Phrases: in her teens, early teens, teen years.

examples

• My sister is a teen now, she's 14. tree →
• The library has a teen section. tree →
• Grandpa started work in his teens. tree →
• Fifteen is a teen number: 10 + 5. tree →
• The film is not suitable for young teens. tree →
• Thirteen is the first teen number. tree →

note

Teen is informal for teenager. Listen for the stress: thir-TEEN (13) versus THIR-ty (30). In maths, a -teen number = 10 + the first part (fourteen = 10 + 4); eleven and twelve are not teen numbers.

In the corpora

• It isn't hate: teens want time with their own friends.
• Most growth plates close in the late teens, at about 17 or so, and adults don't have open growth plates.
• Bigger differences in strength and speed appear in the teens, when boys make much more testosterone.
• The teens end in -nadtsyat: odyNAdtsyat 11, dvaNAdtsyat 12, trynAdtsyat 13, p'yatNAdtsyat 15, shistNAdtsyat 16.
• Children often grow about 5 to 6 cm a year before puberty, and growth spurts happen, especially in the teen years.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «teen» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.