Tween
noun
A child, especially one fully dressed and washed for a special occasion.
She was no longer a little girl, but not yet a teenager, she was a tween.
Often appears as...
- tween girl
- tween boy
adjective
Being of the age 10-12, in between child and teenager.
The clothing store has a section for tween boys.
Often appears as...
- tween market
- tween audience
preposition
A simple version of the word 'between'.
The rabbit hopped tween the bushes.
Usage tips
Informal
noun
A child, especially one fully dressed and washed for a special occasion.
She was no longer a little girl, but not yet a teenager, she was a tween.
Often appears as...
- tween girl
- tween boy
adjective
Being of the age 10-12, in between child and teenager.
The clothing store has a section for tween boys.
Often appears as...
- tween market
- tween audience
preposition
A simple version of the word 'between'.
The rabbit hopped tween the bushes.
Usage tips
Informal
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
Refers to children aged around 10-12, not younger kids or older teens.
Her tween brother just started middle school.
Pro Tip 2/3Development Stage
Indicates a stage where children start developing interests beyond childhood.
Tweens often start to explore new hobbies.
Pro Tip 3/3Growth Transition
Marks the transition phase in growth, behavior, and interests.
Tween years are when many kids get their own cell phones.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
Refers to children aged around 10-12, not younger kids or older teens.
Her tween brother just started middle school.
Pro Tip 2/3Development Stage
Indicates a stage where children start developing interests beyond childhood.
Tweens often start to explore new hobbies.
Pro Tip 3/3Growth Transition
Marks the transition phase in growth, behavior, and interests.
Tween years are when many kids get their own cell phones.
Pro Tip 1/3Age Specific
Refers to children aged around 10-12, not younger kids or older teens.
Her tween brother just started middle school.
Pro Tip 2/3Development Stage
Indicates a stage where children start developing interests beyond childhood.
Tweens often start to explore new hobbies.
Pro Tip 3/3Growth Transition
Marks the transition phase in growth, behavior, and interests.
Tween years are when many kids get their own cell phones.
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What does your time feel...
tweens to centenarians and presented them with all sorts of questions and rating skills unsurprisingly regardless of age he found that everyone felt that the last few weeks and months had whizzed by in a flash however longer intervals of time such as
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How Black Girls Can...
So I stuck to dancing in the mirror and lip synching, falling in love with other people's voices instead of my own. Now I am a digital ethnomusicologist. I study Black tween girls, particularly the unintended consequences
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This Is How Old You Are...
brain games is going on vacation we've come to the beach to see how your brain is primed to handle every chapter of life your tweens and teens adulthood and
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What does your time feel...
tweens to centenarians and presented them with all sorts of questions and rating skills unsurprisingly regardless of age he found that everyone felt that the last few weeks and months had whizzed by in a flash however longer intervals of time such as
Video examples
How Black Girls Can...
So I stuck to dancing in the mirror and lip synching, falling in love with other people's voices instead of my own. Now I am a digital ethnomusicologist. I study Black tween girls, particularly the unintended consequences
Video examples
This Is How Old You Are...
brain games is going on vacation we've come to the beach to see how your brain is primed to handle every chapter of life your tweens and teens adulthood and
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Quote examples
Alissa Quart
American Writer
When I was doing my research for 'Branded,' I'd meet groups of teenagers and preteenagers or tweens, and they would laugh at a magazine spread in a women's magazine or teen girl magazine and say, 'I'd never buy this outfit. I know these girls are starving themselves.' But they probably would go out and buy the thing eventually.
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Gene Luen Yang
Chinese Writer
I wanted to make an explicitly educational comic that taught readers the concepts I covered in my introductory programming class. That's what 'Secret Coders' is. It's both a fun story about a group of tweens who discover a secret coding school, and an explanation of some foundational ideas in computer science.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
The only thing that I don't like is my kids watching comedy that isn't actually funny. There's a lot of supposed tween comedy on TV that isn't particularly funny, but it's got a lot of laugh track. And I go, 'Please don't watch that. Please just watch something that's actually funny.
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Ryan McCartan
American Actor
I do everything in my power to promote positivity however and whenever I can; and, constructively and softly, try to encourage tweens and teens that if they want to be part of a dialogue on my social platforms, there is an expectation that they do so with poise and respect.
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Jennifer Armintrout
American Author
Misconceptions about Young Adult fiction aren't new to fans of the genre. From being dismissed as mindless fluff for 'Twilight'-obsessed tweens, to constant warnings that the genre is dying, kerfuffles between the media and readers occur with alarming regularity.
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Marcia Gay Harden
American Actress
With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses.
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Maggie Gallagher
American Writer
In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.
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Brooklyn Decker
American Model
I'm kind of like a tween. I've read all 'Hunger Games' books in three days.
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Chris Connelly
It's no secret that many tales of tween stardom have had unhappy endings.
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Tommy Dorfman
American Actor
I loved experimenting with eyeshadow and lip gloss in my tween years.
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Alissa Quart
American Writer
When I was doing my research for 'Branded,' I'd meet groups of teenagers and preteenagers or tweens, and they would laugh at a magazine spread in a women's magazine or teen girl magazine and say, 'I'd never buy this outfit. I know these girls are starving themselves.' But they probably would go out and buy the thing eventually.
Quote examples
Gene Luen Yang
Chinese Writer
I wanted to make an explicitly educational comic that taught readers the concepts I covered in my introductory programming class. That's what 'Secret Coders' is. It's both a fun story about a group of tweens who discover a secret coding school, and an explanation of some foundational ideas in computer science.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
The only thing that I don't like is my kids watching comedy that isn't actually funny. There's a lot of supposed tween comedy on TV that isn't particularly funny, but it's got a lot of laugh track. And I go, 'Please don't watch that. Please just watch something that's actually funny.
Quote examples
Ryan McCartan
American Actor
I do everything in my power to promote positivity however and whenever I can; and, constructively and softly, try to encourage tweens and teens that if they want to be part of a dialogue on my social platforms, there is an expectation that they do so with poise and respect.
Quote examples
Jennifer Armintrout
American Author
Misconceptions about Young Adult fiction aren't new to fans of the genre. From being dismissed as mindless fluff for 'Twilight'-obsessed tweens, to constant warnings that the genre is dying, kerfuffles between the media and readers occur with alarming regularity.
Quote examples
Marcia Gay Harden
American Actress
With any tween, you have issues, from what they are going to wear to school, to how do you get them to speak politely, to how regularly they lose their contact lenses.
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Maggie Gallagher
American Writer
In the '60s, parents were told to let their teens rebel, explore their boundaries. Increasingly the same message is being given to the parents of tweens.
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Brooklyn Decker
American Model
I'm kind of like a tween. I've read all 'Hunger Games' books in three days.
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Chris Connelly
It's no secret that many tales of tween stardom have had unhappy endings.
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Tommy Dorfman
American Actor
I loved experimenting with eyeshadow and lip gloss in my tween years.
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