Teenager Meaning
/ˈtiːnˌeɪ.dʒəː/Definition, CEFR level A2, pronunciation, examples, and quiz.
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Definition
nounA person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).
Sentence Examples
A teenager sometimes acts like a baby.
You could pass for a teenager if you wore a T-shirt.
The teenager insisted she was innocent of cheating.
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A ____, typically a person aged thirteen to nineteen, usually attends high school.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
As a typical ____, he spends a lot of his free time playing video games and talking with his friends online today.
Word Origin & History
Etymology tree English teenage Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzijos Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English teenager From teenage + -er.
Literary Quotations & Historical Citations
"A British teenager who killed three young girls at a Taylor Swift-themed dance event was jailed for at least 52 years on Thursday, for an attack Prime Minister Keir Starmer called one of the most harrowing moments in Britain’s history."
— 2025 January 23, Sam Tobin and Michael Holden, “UK teenager jailed for minimum of 52 years for Southport girls’ murders”, in Reuters:
"Many of the rulings against such limits, including the 5th Circuit opinion issued Wednesday, cite the participation of older teenagers in militias around the time of the Second Amendment’s framing."
— 2025 January 30, Tierney Sneed, “Federal law banning handgun sales 18- to 20-year-olds is unconstitutional, appeals court rules”, in CNN:
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CEFR Practice Quiz
A ____, typically a person aged thirteen to nineteen, usually attends high school.
CEFR Practice Quiz (Alternate)
As a typical ____, he spends a lot of his free time playing video games and talking with his friends online today.