teens
/tiːnz/ noun
Also a form of teen
- noun The numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive). “The number of people at the meeting was in the teens.”
- noun The time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years. “She is in her teens.”
- noun The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The oneties, the tens. “I was so excited for the teens to be over but then we get to the twenties and suddenly it's a pandemic!”
- noun (temperature, rates) The range between 10 and 19. “Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.”
Etymology
The final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen.
Webster’s 1913
- noun The years of one's age having the termination -teen, beginning with thirteen and ending with nineteen; as, a girl in her teens.
Etymology [See Ten.]
Sources: Wiktionary · Webster’s 1913 — from the Wiktionary entry “teens”, CC BY-SA 4.0. Details