teenage

adjective

teen·​age ˈtēn-ˌāj How to pronounce teenage (audio)
variants or teenaged
: of, being, relating to, or intended for teenagers
teenage boys
the teenage years
teenage literature
They had two teenage daughters.

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What originally appeared to be attacks on more than 673 boats since 2020 now seem more likely to be a bunch of bored teenage orcas looking for something to do, cetacean expert Alexandre Zerbini said last year. Ramon Padilla, USA Today, 17 Sep. 2025 To escape the grind of the city and re-evaluate his life, Isaiah visits his sister, Jess, and teenage niece, Aurora, in upstate New York for the holidays. Emlyn Travis, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Sep. 2025 As a native Floridian, many of my childhood and teenage memories are filled with family trips to these parks. Lynnette Nicholas, Parents, 17 Sep. 2025 The storied musician’s latest archival release takes us all the way back to his teenage years in Minnesota, through to his early 1960s days in New York’s Greenwich Village. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 17 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for teenage

Word History

First Known Use

1912, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of teenage was in 1912

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“Teenage.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/teenage. Accessed 22 Sep. 2025.

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teenage

adjective
teen·​age ˈtē-ˌnāj How to pronounce teenage (audio)
variants or teenaged
: of, being, or relating to people in their teens

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