Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
- n. A person between the ages of 13 and 19; an adolescent.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. Literally, a person from thirteen to nineteen, an adolescent.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. a person whose age is in the teens, i.e. one between the ages of 13 to 19 inclusive.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- n. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity
Etymologies
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Examples
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She was in fact marketed as the first “teenage” doll in the very years in which the term teenager came into existence.
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When that spell was created, the spell to turn the Soul-Sword to darkness, the word teenager hadnt even been invented.
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On the other hand, having a baby as a teenager is associated with quitting school and being unable to get a job providing a living wage.
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If you are in a position of trust, authority, or influence over a young person, pretty much any sexual interaction between you and the teenager is automatically sexual exploitation.
Student-teacher love can be a serious crime in Canada : Law is Cool
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That feeling of immortality that you had as a teenager is a long-ago memory.
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The fact that politicians support someone accused of raping a teenager is appalling.
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For some reason, the teenager is my head is a band from San Jose, California called Shinobu.
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Whether a teenager is a committed Christian, of a different faith or just has no religious affiliation, some of the patterns of how they make decisions transcend religious input, Kinnaman says.
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The life of a teenager is an angst filled reality filled with torment and pathos.
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Truth and Consequences, the picture that emerges of Ruth is one of a weak, cosseted adolescent, a spoiled Betty Draper-type from another era, and Sandell even uses the word "teenager" more than once to describe the nearly 70-year-old Ruth.
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