adj
Meaning 1
Of or having to do with teenagers; teenage
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
Examples
- teen fashion
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
teen
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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/ˈtiːn/
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[ˈthɪi̯n]
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CMU ARPABET: T IY1 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
Synonym of teenager: a person between 13 and 19 years old (inclusive).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- In the safety alert, the NTSB educates parents on the risks and outlines what they can do to protect their teens against marijuana-impaired driving.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: teenager
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A black teenager or a young black person.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Internet, derogatory
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 4
Grief; sorrow; trouble.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ill-fortune, harm, suffering
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
Vexation; anger; hate.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 6
To excite; to provoke; to vex; to afflict; to injure.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 7
To become angry or distressed.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete, reflexive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 8
To close, to shut; to enclose, to hedge or fence in.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Devon, dialectal, obsolete, transitive
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
adjective satellite
Meaning 9
being of the age 13 through 19
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- teenage mothers
- the teen years
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adolescent, teenage, teenaged
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: adolescent, stripling, teenager
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: juvenile, juvenile person
Narrower terms: chebab, mod, pachuco, punk rocker, punk, rocker, young buck, young man
History
Etymology
Clipping of teenager. For more synonyms see at Thesaurus:teenager.
From Middle English tene, from Old English tēona, tēone, *tēon, from Proto-West Germanic *teun, from Proto-Germanic *teuną.
From Middle English tenen, from Old English tēonian, tȳnan (“to vex, annoy, provoke”), from Proto-West Germanic *tiunijan, from Proto-Germanic *tiunijaną.
From Middle English tenen, tinen, from Old English tȳnan (“to fence, inclose, shut, close”), from Proto-West Germanic *tūnijan, from Proto-West Germanic *tūn, from Proto-Germanic *tūną (“fence, enclosure”). Doublet of tine. Cognate with Dutch tuinen, German zäunen. Related to English town.
Across languages
Translations
6 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: мъка (mǎka) — grief, sorrow, suffering
- Bulgarian: скръб (skrǎb) — grief, sorrow, suffering
- Chinese Cantonese: 痛苦 — grief, sorrow, suffering
- Russian: бе́дствие (bédstvije) — grief, sorrow, suffering
- Russian: го́ре (góre) — grief, sorrow, suffering
- Russian: несча́стье (nesčástʹje) — grief, sorrow, suffering