teenage

«teenage» in Mova's school dictionary: Aged between 13 and 19, or connected with people of that… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

adjective (teenage)

meaning for a pupil

Aged between 13 and 19, or connected with people of that age: "my teenage brother", "teenage years". tree →

sense in the lessons

In everyday life children often have teenage siblings or cousins. In growing-up lessons, pupils learn about changes in the teenage years. In stories, teenage characters have adventures. Phrases: teenage years, teenage brother, teenage boy, teenage girl.

examples

• My teenage sister sleeps until lunchtime. tree →
• The book is about a teenage detective. tree →
• Our bodies change a lot in the teenage years. tree →
• Teenage boys often grow very fast. tree →
• The shop has a teenage clothing section. tree →
• My cousin got a teenage part-time job. tree →

note

Used before a noun: "a teenage boy". The noun is "teenager" (a person aged 13 to 19) or informally "teen". In maths: ages that end in "-teen", 13 to 19, are the teenage years; that is 7 years.

In the corpora

• Young famous people, like teenage TV actors, deserve even more privacy, because they are still children.
• Teenage brothers need space.
• People grow fastest as babies and again in their teenage years, at puberty.

Trees and pragmatics

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