"teens" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /tiːnz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-teens.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-teens.wav
Rhymes: -iːnz Etymology: The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen. Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} teens
  1. plural of teen Tags: form-of, plural Form of: teen
    Sense id: en-teens-en-noun-Lwikd9tv

Noun

IPA: /tiːnz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Persent101-teens.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-teens.wav
Rhymes: -iːnz Etymology: The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen. Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} teens pl (plural only)
  1. The numbers between thirteen and nineteen. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (the numbers 13 to 19 inclusive): padsmiti (english: 11 to 19) [masculine, plural] (Latvian)
    Sense id: en-teens-en-noun-xKzxWIdp Disambiguation of 'the numbers 13 to 19 inclusive': 66 4 8 22
  2. The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Decades Translations (time of life between 13 and 19 years old): teenageår [plural] (Danish), teini-ikä (Finnish), pusaudža gadi [masculine, plural] (Latvian), padsmitnieka gadi [masculine, plural] (Latvian), tenår [plural] (Norwegian Bokmål), tenår [plural] (Norwegian Nynorsk), tonåren (Swedish), gençlik (Turkish), підлітко́вий вік (pidlitkóvyj vik) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-teens-en-noun-iO91fmHi Disambiguation of Decades: 13 3 64 18 2 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 3 entries, Pages with entries, Terms with Danish translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 4 8 55 26 6 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 16 6 33 22 23 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 8 7 46 36 4 Disambiguation of Pages with 3 entries: 6 7 62 20 4 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 4 5 65 24 3 Disambiguation of Terms with Danish translations: 10 5 63 19 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 15 7 57 16 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 19 7 54 15 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 17 8 55 16 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 5 4 69 17 4 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 14 6 57 18 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 15 7 59 16 5 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 14 7 56 18 5 Disambiguation of 'time of life between 13 and 19 years old': 10 69 7 14
  3. The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens. Tags: plural, plural-only Translations (second decade of a century): desmitie (10's) [masculine, plural] (Latvian), tūkstoš deviņsimt desmitie (1910's) [masculine, plural] (Latvian), divtūkstoš desmitie (2010's) [masculine, plural] (Latvian), tonåren (Swedish), деся́ті (desjáti) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-teens-en-noun-TFM1ONAw Disambiguation of 'second decade of a century': 3 7 89 0
  4. (temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 10 and 19. Tags: plural, plural-only
    Sense id: en-teens-en-noun-xlkAuYWK Categories (other): English pluralia tantum Topics: temperature
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
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      "expansion": "teens pl (plural only)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s"
    },
    {
      "word": "1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s"
    },
    {
      "word": "1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s"
    },
    {
      "word": "2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s"
    },
    {
      "word": "2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s"
    },
    {
      "word": "2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s"
    },
    {
      "word": "00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s"
    },
    {
      "word": "'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s"
    },
    {
      "word": "00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's"
    },
    {
      "word": "zeros"
    },
    {
      "word": "zeroes"
    },
    {
      "word": "aughts"
    },
    {
      "word": "noughties"
    },
    {
      "word": "oughts · oneties"
    },
    {
      "word": "tens"
    },
    {
      "word": "teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties"
    }
  ],
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      "categories": [
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      ],
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        {
          "text": "The number of people at the meeting was in the teens.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The numbers between thirteen and nineteen."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "thirteen",
          "thirteen"
        ],
        [
          "nineteen",
          "nineteen"
        ]
      ],
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        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "She is in her teens.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "teenage",
          "teenage"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2010, Michael G Cunningham, “The 20th Century's aughts and teens: OPERETTA”, in Gilded Songs (Berlin to Bacharach): The Gig Instrumentalist's Guide to the Golden Era of American Popular Song (1920 to 1979):",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens."
      ],
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        [
          "decade",
          "decade"
        ],
        [
          "oneties",
          "oneties"
        ],
        [
          "tens",
          "tens"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
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        "English terms with usage examples"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "The range between 10 and 19."
      ],
      "qualifier": "rates",
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(temperature, rates, plural only) The range between 10 and 19."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "temperature"
      ]
    }
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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "english": "11 to 19",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "the numbers 13 to 19 inclusive",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "padsmiti"
    },
    {
      "code": "da",
      "lang": "Danish",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "teenageår"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "word": "teini-ikä"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "pusaudža gadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "padsmitnieka gadi"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tenår"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tenår"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "word": "tonåren"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "word": "gençlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "pidlitkóvyj vik",
      "sense": "time of life between 13 and 19 years old",
      "word": "підлітко́вий вік"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "desmitie (10's)"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "tūkstoš deviņsimt desmitie (1910's)"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "divtūkstoš desmitie (2010's)"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "word": "tonåren"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "desjáti",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "word": "деся́ті"
    }
  ],
  "word": "teens"
}

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