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# teenage

adjective (teenage)

«teenage» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

Aged between 13 and 19, or connected with people of that age: "my teenage brother", "teenage years". [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#m1)

### 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 →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x1)
- The book is about a teenage detective. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x2)
- Our bodies change a lot in the teenage years. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x3)
- Teenage boys often grow very fast. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x4)
- The shop has a teenage clothing section. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x5)
- My cousin got a teenage part-time job. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x6)

### 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.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «teenage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«teenage» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teenage.html) on Mova free.