ten
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- noun
- /tɛn/
:
diez
- The dealer dealt three tens in a row, surprising the players.
- tens of thousands
- tens of millions
- tens of billions
Examples
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Pair of tens are still tall.
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Tens of thousands more would eventually flee the ruins of Muttur and other targeted villages.
Academic text (2007) -
I had two tens When I come in here.
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Look, guys, remember, always split the eights, never the tens, okay?
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Pair of tens.
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Pocket tens.
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He's picked up a pair of tens to Jack's ace-king.
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In poker, having a pair of tens can lead to a strong hand.
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She was excited to draw a ten from the deck during the card game.
Synonyms
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8.1
A playing card with ten spots on its face
Idioms
- Informal
To work as hard as you can, often more than expected
Compounds
- UK
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4.6
The British Prime Minister, their home at 10 Downing Street, or the main attacking player in football
- Archaic
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9.9
Seventy years that people often use to mean a typical human lifespan
- Australian
Tropical fern with thick divided leaves that grow in warm southern places
Surface Forms
Etymology
Ten (the playing card) gets its name from the number of spots on the card, and the word ten comes from that same old family of words meaning 'ten' (see Latin decem, German zehn, Spanish diez). That's why the card with ten marks is called a ten.