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ten
1[ten]
noun
a cardinal number, nine plus one.
a symbol for this number, as 10 or X.
a set of this many persons or things.
a playing card with ten pips.
Informal.a ten-dollar bill.
She had two tens and a five in her purse.
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
amounting to ten in number.
ten.
2abbreviation
tenor.
Music.tenuto.
ten
1/ ɛ /
noun
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
a numeral, 10, X, etc, representing this number
something representing, represented by, or consisting of ten units, such as a playing card with ten symbols on it
Also called: ten o'clock.ten hours after noon or midnight
determiner
amounting to ten
ten tigers
( as pronoun )
to sell only ten
ten-
2combining form
a variant of teno-
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ten1
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of ten1
Idioms and Phrases
take ten, to rest from what one is doing, especially for ten minutes.
Example Sentences
His case is one of a tiny number among the tens of thousands of open war crimes cases where a suspect has been captured and can be made to stand in the dock.
Republican efforts to restrict taxes on hospitals, health plans, and other providers that states use to help fund their Medicaid programs could strip them of tens of billions of dollars.
Tens upon tens of billions of pounds of taxes and borrowing for public services and long-term projects, like rail lines and power stations.
A campaign in his name has raised tens of thousands of pounds for research.
What if its 400kg of 60% enriched uranium – the nuclear fuel that is just a small step away from being fully weapons-grade, enough for ten bombs or so – is not destroyed?
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