ten Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. noun the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
    10; decade; tenner; X.
  2. noun one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
    ten-spot.
  3. adjective satellite being one more than nine
    10; x.

WordNet

Ten adjective
Etymology
AS. ten, tién, tn, 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. , Skr. daçan. *308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.
Definitions
  1. One more than nine; twice five.
    With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea. Dryden.
    ✍ 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 noun
Definitions
  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.

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