[Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) · [this page in HTML](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/teenage.html)

[home](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/) / [dictionaries](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/) / [The school dictionary](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/) / teenage

[← T](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/T/)

# teenage

«teenage» in Mova's school dictionary: **Aged between 13 and 19, or connected with people of that…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 3 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective (teenage)

### meaning for a pupil

Aged between 13 and 19, or connected with people of that age: "my teenage brother", "teenage years". [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In everyday life children often have teenage siblings or cousins. In growing-up lessons, pupils learn about changes in the teenage years. In stories, teenage characters have adventures. Phrases: teenage years, teenage brother, teenage boy, teenage girl.

### examples

- My teenage sister sleeps until lunchtime. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x1)
- The book is about a teenage detective. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x2)
- Our bodies change a lot in the teenage years. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x3)
- Teenage boys often grow very fast. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x4)
- The shop has a teenage clothing section. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x5)
- My cousin got a teenage part-time job. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/#x6)

### note

Used before a noun: "a teenage boy". The noun is "teenager" (a person aged 13 to 19) or informally "teen". In maths: ages that end in "-teen", 13 to 19, are the teenage years; that is 7 years.

### In the corpora

- [Young famous people, like teenage TV actors, deserve even more privacy, because they are still children.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/adult-life/47-viral-rumours-cancellations-fakes-and-apologies/20/)
- [Teenage brothers need space.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/everyday/501-big-brothers/12/)
- [People grow fastest as babies and again in their teenage years, at puberty.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/world/38-sleep-exercise-growing/8/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «teenage» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/T/teenage/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.