/tiːnz/
OriginThe final syllable of the numbers from thirteen to nineteen. More at teen.
- form-of, pluralplural of teen
- plural, plural-onlyThe numbers between thirteen and nineteen (inclusive).
“The number of people at the meeting was in the teens.”
- plural, plural-onlyThe time of life between thirteen and nineteen years old; the teenage years.
“She is in her teens.”
“a youngster just out of his teens”
- plural, plural-onlyThe 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!”
- plural, plural-onlyThe range between 10 and 19.
“Although it was a scorching desert by day, temperatures could drop as low as the teens at night.”