ten

[ten] /tɛn/
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.
  1. (in a mixed number) the position of the second digit to the left of the decimal point.
  2. (in a whole number) the position of the second digit from the right.
adjective
7.
amounting to ten in number.
Idioms
8.
take ten, Informal. to rest from what one is doing, especially for ten minutes.
Origin
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

ten.

1.
tenor.
2.
Music. tenuto.
Examples from the web for ten
  • His pictorial production during ten years will be considerably reduced.
  • They were also able to persuade winos to appear as extras for ten cents apiece.
  • Three bells in a row produced the biggest payoff, ten nickels.
  • Original episodes aired on the nine network and later on the ten network.
  • Approximately ten percent of those deemed legally blind, by any measure, have no vision.
  • They beat and torture drusilla so badly that she does not recover for ten years.
  • The series has appeared now in over ten countries and languages.
  • In total, it took five days to write, and just over ten days to film.
  • The tragedy of man contains fifteen scenes, with ten historical periods represented.
  • Our ships enter the port, but of a thousand sailors hardly ten are spared.
British Dictionary definitions for ten

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 (sense 1)
2.
a numeral, 10, X, etc, representing this number
3.
something representing, represented by, or consisting of ten units, such as a playing card with ten symbols on it
4.
Also called ten o'clock. ten hours after noon or midnight
determiner
5.
  1. amounting to ten: ten tigers
  2. (as pronoun): to sell only ten
related
adjective decimal prefixes deca- deci-
Word Origin
Old English tēn; related to Old Saxon tehan, Old High German zehan, Gothic taihun, Latin decem, Greek deka, Sanskrit dasa
Word Origin and History for ten
n.

Old English ten (Mercian), tien (West Saxon), from Proto-Germanic *tekhan (cf. Old Saxon tehan, Old Norse tiu, Danish ti, Old Frisian tian, Old Dutch ten, Dutch tien, Old High German zehan, German zehn, Gothic taihun "ten").

The Germanic words are from PIE *dekm (cf. Sanskrit dasa, Avestan dasa, Armenian tasn, Greek deka, Latin decem, Old Church Slavonic deseti, Lithuanian desimt, Old Irish deich, Breton dek, Welsh deg, Albanian djetu "ten").

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).

ten in Medicine

TEN abbr.
toxic epidermal necrolysis

Slang definitions & phrases for ten

ten

Related Terms

five-and-ten, hang ten


Related Abbreviations for ten

TEN

  1. Tennessee Titans
  2. toxic epidermal necrolysis

ten.

  1. tenor
  2. tenuto
Idioms and Phrases with ten

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