ten

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noun
  1. a cardinal number, nine plus one.

  2. a symbol for this number, as 10 or X.

  1. a set of this many persons or things.

  2. a playing card with ten pips.

  3. Informal. a ten-dollar bill: She had two tens and a five in her purse.

  4. Also called ten's place. Mathematics.

    • (in a mixed number) the position of the second digit to the left of the decimal point.

    • (in a whole number) the position of the second digit from the right.

adjective
  1. amounting to ten in number.

Idioms about ten

  1. take ten, Informal. to rest from what one is doing, especially for ten minutes.

Origin of ten

1
before 900; Middle English ten(e), tenn(e), Old English tēn(e), tīen(e); cognate with Dutch tien,German zehn,Old Norse tīu,Gothic taihun,Latin decem,Greek déka,Sanskrit daśa

Other definitions for ten. (2 of 2)

ten.

abbreviation
  1. tenor.

  2. Music. tenuto.

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British Dictionary definitions for ten (1 of 2)

ten

/ (tɛn) /


noun
  1. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one. It is the base of the decimal number system and the base of the common logarithm: See also number (def. 1)

  2. a numeral, 10, X, etc, representing this number

  1. something representing, represented by, or consisting of ten units, such as a playing card with ten symbols on it

  2. Also called: ten o'clock ten hours after noon or midnight

determiner
    • amounting to ten: ten tigers

    • (as pronoun): to sell only ten

Origin of ten

1
Old English tēn; related to Old Saxon tehan, Old High German zehan, Gothic taihun, Latin decem, Greek deka, Sanskrit dasa

Other words from ten

  • Related adjective: decimal
  • Related prefixes: deca-, deci-

British Dictionary definitions for ten- (2 of 2)

ten-

combining form
  1. a variant of teno-

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Other Idioms and Phrases with ten

ten

see count to ten; not touch with a ten-foot pole.

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