ten
(adjective) being one more than nine
ten, ten-spot
(noun) one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
ten, tenner, decade
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ten
The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
ten (countable and uncountable, plural tens)
A set or group with ten elements.
(countable, cards) A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
(countable) A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units. See also tenner.
(countable, US, slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
(countable, US, slang) A high level of intensity.
(countable, rowing) The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.
• Roman numerals: X
• (currency): tenner
• Previous: nine (9)
• Next: eleven (11)
• -ent, .NET, ENT, NET, Net, ent, net
TEN (plural er-noun)
(sports) Abbreviation of Tennessee.
• -ent, .NET, ENT, NET, Net, ent, net
Source: Wiktionary
Ten, a. Etym: [AS. ten, tiĂ©n, t, tene; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tiu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taĂhun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. daçan. *308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.]
Definition: 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.
Ten, n.
1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects. I will not destroy it for ten's sake. Gen. xviii. 32.
2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
2 April 2025
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
The first coffee-house in Mecca dates back to the 1510s. The beverage was in Turkey by the 1530s. It appeared in Europe circa 1515-1519 and was introduced to England by 1650. By 1675 the country had more than 3,000 coffee houses, and coffee had replaced beer as a breakfast drink.
