Meaning of Teens | Babel Free

Definitions

1. The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).
   plural, plural-only
2. The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.
   plural, plural-only
3. The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.
   plural, plural-only
4. The range between 10 and 19.
   plural, plural-only

Equivalents

Examples

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

“She is in her teens.”

“a youngster just out of his teens”

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

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

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