TEEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does teen mean? 

• TEEN (noun)
  The noun TEEN has 1 sense:

1. a juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

  Familiarity information: TEEN used as a noun is very rare.

• TEEN (adjective)
  The adjective TEEN has 1 sense:

1. being of the age 13 through 19

  Familiarity information: TEEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A juvenile between the onset of puberty and maturity

Classified under:

Nouns denoting people

Synonyms:

adolescent; stripling; teen; teenager

Hypernyms ("teen" is a kind of...):

juvenile; juvenile person (a young person, not fully developed)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "teen"):

chebab (a Palestinian juvenile 10-15 years old who fights against the Israelis)

mod (a British teenager or young adult in the 1960s; noted for their clothes consciousness and opposition to the rockers)

pachuco (a Mexican-American teenager who belongs to a neighborhood gang and who dresses in showy clothes)

punk; punk rocker (a teenager or young adult who is a performer (or enthusiast) of punk rock and a member of the punk youth subculture)

rocker (a teenager or young adult in the 1960s who wore leather jackets and rode motorcycles)

young buck; young man (a teenager or a young adult male)

• TEEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being of the age 13 through 19

Synonyms:

adolescent; teen; teenage; teenaged

Context example:

the teen years

Similar:

immature; young ((used of living things especially persons) in an early period of life or development or growth)

 Context examples 

Children and teens with type 1 diabetes may need to take insulin.

(Diabetes in Children and Teens, NIH)

Two years later, the teens were evaluated on a commonly used pain symptom scale.

(Study in Teens Shows Brain Responses to Rewards Linked to Pain Sensitivity, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

"I don't call myself a child, and I'm not in my teens yet," observed Amy.

(Little Women, by Louisa May Alcott)

Symptoms usually start around the teen years.

(Charcot-Marie-Tooth Disease, NIH: National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke)

The study was based on the data which followed 10,000 teens over a 10-year period.

(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)

The symptoms often begin in children or teens.

(Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

During childhood and your teens, your body adds new bone faster than it removes old bone.

(Bone Diseases, NIH: National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases)

Population groups with an increased likelihood of a disease or other health issue, eg smoking, drug use, teen pregnancy.

(At-Risk Population, NCI Thesaurus)

Bipolar disorder often starts in a person's late teen or early adult years.

(Bipolar Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)

Even if you haven't had training, you can do "hands-only" CPR for a teen or adult whose heart has stopped beating ("hands-only" CPR isn't recommended for children).

(CPR, NIH)