teenageteen‧age /ˈtiːneɪdʒ/ ●●○ (also teen‧aged /ˈtiːneɪdʒd/) adjective [only before noun] 
a teenage boy my teenage daughter► see thesaurus at young2relating to or affecting people aged between 13 and 19: the teenage years teenage rebellion the problem of teenage pregnancy
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER DICTIONARIES
- the teenage music scene
- There has been a significant increase in teenage pregnancies recently.
- A younger person marrying and taking on a teenage family may know very little about adolescents.
- Bobby and Ian both sacrifice a lot of time to Lisburn's teenage golfers and it's beginning to show.
- His eyes followed his teenage daughter as she walked around his bedroom, pocketing his belongings.
- Interviews with Moon and other teenage smokers reveal they smoke for the same reason adults do: They enjoy it.
- Most have either been nabbed by some one else or are into teenage bimbos or are gay.
- Some parents have unhappy or embarrassing memories of their own teenage years.
THESAURUS
not old: · a young man of about 22· My dad died when I was young.· There are excellent facilities for young children.· Young people are often unable to get jobs.
a small child is very young. Little sounds more informal than small, and is used especially in spoken English: · They have two small children.· We used to go camping a lot when the kids were little.
[only before noun] between the ages of 13 and 19: · a group of teenage boys· They have three teenage children.
especially written at the age when you change from being a child into an adult – used especially when talking about the problems that young people have at this age: · Sudden mood changes are common in adolescent girls.· adolescent behaviour
[only before noun] formal connected with young people who commit crime: · juvenile crime· a special prison for juvenile offenders· juvenile delinquents (=young people who commit crimes)
especially written seeming young, or typical of someone who is young – often used about someone who is no longer young: · a youthful 55-year-old· youthful enthusiasm· Andrew still has a slim youthful look about him.· The photograph showed a youthful, smiling Rose.
connected with sports played by young people rather than adults: · the junior championships· the junior champion
Longman Language Activatoraffecting or involving young people: youth club/group/organization etc a club, group etc for young people: · I met her at the local youth club.· a concert by the National Youth Orchestra
use this about things produced for teenagers, or things that teenagers do: · the teenage music sceneteenage fashions/magazines/pregnancy/drug-taking etc: · There has been a significant increase in teenage pregnancies recently.
use this about crimes by young people: juvenile crime/offender (=crime by young people/a young person who is a criminal): · Juvenile crime is an increasing problem in big cities.· Many juvenile offenders were being put in adult prisons.juvenile delinquency (=illegal or bad behaviour by young people): · The public housing units have frequently become slums and hotbeds of crime, especially juvenile delinquency.juvenile court (=a court that deals with crimes by young people): · O'Brien, 15, will face murder charges in a juvenile court.
WORD SETSborstal, nounbovver, noundropout, nounflower power, noungang, nounmod, nounpunk, nounpuppy love, nounrocker, nounsalad days, nounskinhead, nounsubculture, nounteen, adjectiveteenage, adjectiveteenager, nounteenybopper, nounwhippersnapper, nounyob, nounyoung, adjectiveyoungster, nounyouth club, nounyouth culture, noun
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES A group of teenage boys stood talking in a group outside.
1aged between 13 and 19: · a magazine with a young audience
A group of teenage boys stood talking in a group outside.· At age nine, Pedro joined one of the youth gangs in his neighborhood, just to survive.
· the home in which she spent her childhood years
COLLOCATIONS FROM THE CORPUSNOUN· Men and teenage boys went fishing every day, usually in small groups.· They were joined by teenage boys who surged in waves from the neighboring Mir-i-Arab Madrasa, a religious school.· She kisses lightly, licks around the tip, and he's proud like a teenage boy.· The Harlem riot erupted when an off-duty policeman killed James Powell, a teenage boy who had allegedly attacked him.· Is this the kind of stuff for teenage boys?· A strong teenage boy lost half his 140 pounds in seven weeks.· Two teenage boys in the Rover car escaped uninjured and were helping police inquiries.· They are teasing Navarro, but for teenage boys, they are surprisingly mild.
· Never since the first world war have we had homeless teenage children begging in the streets.· Some had large dependent families, while others had teenage children able to make a substantial contribution.· As a woman's teenage children leave home, she may interpret the loss of the first as a welcome freedom.· Many parents experience deep pain and despair about their teenage children.· When teenage children are involved, as full-time or part-time members of the new family, there is considerable added pressure.· I am sure that that will be familiar to hon. Members with teenage children.· Léonie recognized the blacksmith and his wife, their two teenage children.· They may be the sole earners in households where men and teenage children are all unemployed.
· His marriage has broken up, he rarely sees his teenage daughter and he faces a bleak future.· A middle-aged couple and their teenage daughter were sitting behind it.· His wife and two teenage daughters were ferried about by an armed chauffeur.· His eyes followed his teenage daughter as she walked around his bedroom, pocketing his belongings.· The evidence was overwhelming, but none so precise and clear as that given by a Mr Bryant and his teenage daughter.· When I knew her, some years ago, their teenage daughter was having to share a bedroom with her granny.· They had come home during the height of the disturbances to discover their teenage daughter being ravished by a young police officer.· Q My teenage daughter is on a diet.
· Among teenage girls in Middlesbrough and Langbaurgh there were 12 abortions and 28 births in 1990 for every 1,000 teenagers.· Suddenly Primo noticed that the teenage girl behind the table was staring at-him.· It helps the crops grow, a museum guide explains to three teenage girls.· A covey of teenage girls strolled by, their hands tucked into their back pockets.· Two teenage girls and a woman were hurt.· They were two teenage girls who had spent months in the same hospital but had never seen each other.· Recently, my wife was on a local bus with a lot of teenage girls coming home from school.· As he nears the corner a teenage girl on a bike swerves toward the curb beside Primo.
· Yet even so, the United States still leads most industrialized countries in teenage pregnancies, abortions and childbearing.· The move is prompted in part by the government's determination to curb the number of teenage pregnancies.· The facts are considerably different from these myths: Virtually all studies indicate that over four-fifths of teenage pregnancies are unintended.· Four areas with low levels of education and training and high instances of teenage pregnancy will be targeted.· Let us examine the causes of teenage pregnancy and the impact early childbearing frequently has on young women.· I hope your book will reveal a new and refreshing view on teenage pregnancy and motherhood.· In many cities, they sank into a vicious cycle of drugs, crime, teenage pregnancy, and welfare dependency.
· A move to the capital would give his two teenage sons greater career prospects.· They were helping the teenage son get into a community college while they nursed his sister through a long surgical convalescence.· I found out he was ten years older than me and divorced with two teenage sons.· Tesco manager Bernard Andrews handed over £55,000 to the men who threatened to castrate his teenage sons.· When my teenage son heard that the visitor was 60 and a bachelor, there was silence.· The couple have 2 teenage sons.· Indeed, now that I know about the Marmite and the teenage sons it seems more mysterious than ever.· The burglary happened on the anniversary of his death, and while the woman's teenage son was asleep in the house.
· There may be some recovery when they go to school, but the dip will reassert itself during the teenage years.· I was also well into my teenage years, and I wanted to get away from home, too.· Some parents have unhappy or embarrassing memories of their own teenage years.· In the teenage years, parental care takes different forms.· I look back on my early teenage years with some amazement.· The implications of such reluctance extend beyond the teenage years.· In the sorry glare of my first teenage years the appearance of my grandparents was all of a rescue.· Maria had her first child during her older teenage years.
a teenage boy my teenage daughter► see thesaurus at young2relating to or affecting people aged between 13 and 19: the teenage years teenage rebellion the problem of teenage pregnancy