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TEENS
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
All the numbers that end in -teen
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("teens" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Sense 2
Meaning:
The time of life between the ages of 12 and 20
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("teens" is a kind of...):
time of life (a period of time during which a person is normally in a particular life state)
Holonyms ("teens" is a part of...):
adulthood; maturity (the period of time in your life after your physical growth has stopped and you are fully developed)
Context examples:
The symptoms often begin in children or teens.
(Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
Phobias usually start in children or teens, and continue into adulthood.
(Phobias, NIH: National Institute of Mental Health)
The study was based on the data which followed 10,000 teens over a 10-year period.
(Obesity Can Affect Kids’ Working Memory, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
As children, they were more likely to have attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), and as teens they had a greater risk of ADHD and social problems.
(Tiny Babies May Face Mental Health Problems Later, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
At ages 14-15, the teens participated in an experiment in which they could earn rewards — in the form of M&M's candies — for performing a computer task.
(Study in Teens Shows Brain Responses to Rewards Linked to Pain Sensitivity, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
The researchers noted that the tests were given to people of both genders from teens to geriatrics.
(Pollution Linked to Significant Decline in Human Cognition, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
In severe cases, teens who are bullied may feel they need to take drastic measures or react violently.
(Bullying, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention)
There are three types of bone cancer: • Osteosarcoma - occurs most often between ages 10 and 19. It is more common in the knee and upper arm. • Chondrosarcoma - starts in cartilage, usually after age 40 • Ewing's sarcoma - occurs most often in children and teens under 19.
(Bone Cancer, NIH: National Cancer Institute)
Risk factors include: • Age - it is more common in infants, teens, and young adults • Living in close quarters, such as in college dorms or military settings • Certain medical conditions, such as not having a spleen • Travel to areas where meningococcal disease is common
(Meningococcal Infections, NIH)
But my aunt, suddenly descrying among them the young malefactor who was the donkey's guardian, and who was one of the most inveterate offenders against her, though hardly in his teens, rushed out to the scene of action, pounced upon him, captured him, dragged him, with his jacket over his head, and his heels grinding the ground, into the garden, and, calling upon Janet to fetch the constables and justices, that he might be taken, tried, and executed on the spot, held him at bay there.
(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)
