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# teens

noun (plural: the teens, one's teens)

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

## Everyday

1. Your teens are the years of your life when your age ends in «-teen», from 13 to 19. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#m1)
2. Teens are teenagers, young people aged 13 to 19. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#m2)
3. The teens can also mean numbers from 13 to 19, or temperatures in that range. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#m3)

### In the lessons

In everyday life: «She is in her teens», «books for teens». In maths, the teen numbers (13 to 19) are often learnt together; watch that «thirteen» (13) is not mixed up with «thirty» (30). In weather, «temperatures in the low teens» means about 13 to 15 degrees.

### Examples

- My cousin is in her teens now. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#x1)
- This library has a special section for teens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#x2)
- Teens need lots of sleep. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#x3)
- Count the teen numbers from thirteen to nineteen. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#x4)
- Temperatures will be in the mid-teens tomorrow. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#x5)
- He started playing guitar in his early teens. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#x6)
- Don't confuse thirteen (13) with thirty (30). [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teens/#x7)

### Note

Usually plural: «in your teens», «the teens». A person is «a teen» or «a teenager». In maths, teen numbers are 13 to 19 (12 and 11 are not teen numbers because they don't end in «-teen»). «-teen» means ten plus: fourteen = 10 + 4.

## On Mova

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