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ten

  [ten]
Use ten in a Sentence
–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.
a. (in a mixed number) the position of the second digit to the left of the decimal point.
b. (in a whole number) the position of the second digit from the right.
–adjective
7. amounting to ten in number.
—Idiom
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
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ten.

 
1. tenor.
2. Music. tenuto.
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ten   (těn)   
n.  

  1. The cardinal number equal to 9 + 1.

  2. The tenth in a set or sequence.

  3. Something having ten parts, units, or members.

  4. Games A playing card marked with ten spots.

  5. A ten-dollar bill.


[Middle English, from Old English tīen; see dek in Indo-European roots.]
ten adj. & pron.
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Medical Dictionary

TEN abbr.
toxic epidermal necrolysis

The American Heritage® Stedman's Medical Dictionary
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Idioms & Phrases

ten

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

The American Heritage® Dictionary of Idioms by Christine Ammer.
Copyright © 1997. Published by Houghton Mifflin.
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Abbreviations & Acronyms
TEN

  1. Tennessee Titans

  2. toxic epidermal necrolysis

The American Heritage® Abbreviations Dictionary, Third Edition
Copyright © 2005 by Houghton Mifflin Company.
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