TEN

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

Etymology

Numeral

ten

The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.

Noun

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.

Synonyms

• Roman numerals: X

• (currency): tenner

Coordinate terms

• Previous: nine (9)

• Next: eleven (11)

Anagrams

• -ent, .NET, ENT, NET, Net, ent, net

Proper noun

TEN (plural er-noun)

(sports) Abbreviation of Tennessee.

Anagrams

• -ent, .NET, ENT, NET, Net, ent, net

Source: Wiktionary

Ten, a. Etym: [AS. ten, tién, t, tene; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. tiu, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. taíhun, 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