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[ten] 
–noun
| 1. | a cardinal number, nine plus one. |
| 2. | a symbol for this number, as 10 or X. |
| 3. | a set of this many persons or things. |
| 4. | a playing card with ten pips. |
| 5. | Informal. a ten-dollar bill: She had two tens and a five in her purse. |
| 6. | Also called ten's place. Mathematics.
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–adjective
—Idiom| 7. | amounting to ten in number. |
| 8. | take ten, Informal. to rest from what one is doing, esp. for ten minutes. |
Origin:
bef. 900; ME ten(e), tenn(e), OE tēn(e), tīen(e); c. D tien, G zehn, ON tīu, Goth taihun, L decem, Gk déka, Skt daśa
bef. 900; ME ten(e), tenn(e), OE tēn(e), tīen(e); c. D tien, G zehn, ON tīu, Goth taihun, L decem, Gk déka, Skt daśa
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| ten (těn) n.
[Middle English, from Old English tīen; see dek  in Indo-European roots.]ten adj. & pron. |
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Ten
Ten\, a. [AS. t[=e]n, ti['e]n, t?n, t[=e]ne; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. t[=i]u, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. ta['i]hun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. ?, Skr. da[,c]an. [root]308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.] One more than nine; twice five. With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. --Dryden. Note: Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and other like words. There 's proud modesty in merit, Averse from begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift it asks. --Dryden.
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O.E. ten (Mercian), tien (W.Saxon), from P.Gmc. *tekhan (cf. O.S. tehan, O.N. tiu, Dan. ti, O.Fris. tian, O.Du. ten, Du. tien, O.H.G. zehan, Ger. zehn, Goth. taihun "ten"), from PIE *dekm (cf. Skt. dasa, Avestan dasa, Armenian tasn, Gk. deka, L. decem, O.C.S. deseti, Lith. desimt, O.Ir. deich, Bret. dek, Welsh deg, Alb. djetu "ten"). Tenth is O.E. teoða, teogoða. Tenner "ten-pound note" is slang first recorded 1861; as "ten-dollar bill," 1887 (ten-spot in this sense dates from 1848). The ten-foot pole that you wouldn't touch something with (1909) was originally a 40-foot pole; the idea is the same as the advice to use a long spoon when you dine with the devil. Ten-four "I understand, message received," is attested in popular jargon from 1962, from use in CB and police radio 10-code (in use in U.S. by 1950).
Online Etymology Dictionary, © 2001 Douglas Harper
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TEN abbr.
toxic epidermal necrolysis
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ten
The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
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