teenage
pronunciation
How to pronounce teenage in British English:
UK [ˈtiːneɪdʒ]
How to pronounce teenage in American English:
US [ˈtiːneɪdʒ]
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- Adjective:
- being of the age 13 through 19
Word Origin
- teenage (adj.)
- also teen age, teen-age; 1911, from teen + age (n.). Originally in reference to Sunday School classes. Teen-aged (adj.) is from 1922.
Example
- 1. She warned teenage girls to choose their partners carefully .
- 2. What 's the worst thing that can happen for a teenage girl ?
- 3. People in their 40s , for instance , often have teenage children .
- 4. Using street slang would be an easy option in school , says a teenage boy .
- 5. Then as now it tended to involve mainly young men and teenage boys .