teenager

CEFRA2

/ˈtiːnˌeɪ.dʒəː/

noun

Türkçe translations

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A person aged from thirteen to nineteen.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

    A person between thirteen and nineteen years old (inclusive).

Examples

  • A teenager sometimes acts like a baby.

  • The teenager insisted she was innocent of cheating.

At a glance

Sits at A2 on the CEFR scale

Senses
2
Parts of speech
1
Citations
2
Synonyms
4

Also pronounced

  • [ˈtʰɪi̯nˌæ̝ɪ̯.dʒəː]
  • [ˈtʰɪi̯nˌeɪ̯.dʒəː]

Deep Dive

More examples

In context

  • You could pass for a teenager if you wore a T-shirt.

  • Marco's main target market are late teenagers.

  • Most teenagers will undergo lots of changes before reaching adulthood.

Synonyms

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A blank, typically a person aged thirteen to nineteen, usually attends high school.

Practise this properly in the app, where the word comes back before you forget it.

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Origin

noun

From teenage + -er.