[
US
/ˌpɹiˈtin/
]
ADJECTIVE
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of or relating to or designed for children between the ages of 9 and 12
a preteen party
preteen clothing
NOUN
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a preadolescent boy or girl (usually between 9 and 12 years of age)
little league is intended for the preteens
How To Use preteen In A Sentence
- Type 2 used to be called adult onset diabetes, but we can't call it that anymore because it is onsetting with adolescents and even preteen kids. Campaigning for a Healthier America
- I’m sure Thelma is right, too XD As a teenage aide I was once reshelving in the young adult room while a group of homeschool preteens looked at a book of Renaissance art and giggled at the boobies. Bionic Man’s owner’s manual « Awful Library Books
- a preteen party
- Her huge dark eyes, lank hair and ripped jeans make her the perfect ‘alternative’ preteen crush.
- At once, Larry realizes what he must do: Leave his preteen son behind in New York, rush to Washington, D.C. and rescue his artifactual friends from an eternity in storage. Current Movie Reviews, Independent Movies - Film Threat
- Most of the 5,000 or so fans who came to Harvard Stadium seemed to be the very same preteen ponytailed girls and glassy-eyed parents who had led the WUSA to its ruin. The Bad Girl of Women’s Soccer
- little league is intended for the preteens
- preteen clothing
- But Bieber is so small that unless you are a preteen girl (which you very well might be; most of his fans aren't old enough to drive), you'll have to bend down to greet him.
- He cheerfully apologizes for the room his two preteen boys share, which is predictably porcine with respect to neatness.