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teens

/tiːnz/

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.16 in modern English

Syllables
teens
IPA
/tiːnz/
5
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
4
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

plural of teen

noun

The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).

noun

The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.

noun

The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens.

noun

The range between 10 and 19.

Example Sentences

Etymology

The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen.

Derived Forms

midteens teenswear

Phrases

in one's teens 1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s 1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s 1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s 2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s 2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s 2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s 00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s

Frequently Paired Words

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Rhymes With

means scenes machines beans genes jeans queens screens marines greens queen's vaccines

Questions

How do you pronounce teens?
The recorded pronunciation is /tiːnz/.
What does teens mean?
plural of teen
Where does teens come from?
The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen.

How to pronounce teens

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  2. Read the phonetic spelling — Read the IPA spelling (/tiːnz/) so you know which sounds to aim for.
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