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ten

ten

334 1.0
A group of items equal to the number after nine and before eleven
  • noun
  • /tɛn/
: decena
  • There are ten apples in the basket.
  • tens of thousands
  • tens of millions
  • tens to hundreds

That's got to be a top ten NFL hi jinx moment.

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Examples

  • Did you hit ten wins in a season?

  • So then you need to buy ten of those packages.

  • And so there were there were ten children and about.

  • And I felt like in those ten months I had to grow.

  • Well, in this example, you have ten months of supply.

  • WOMAN: Michael, when we look at your results, we see a lot of top tens, but not a lot of victories.

  • So I made it through to the final ten of the Nick's Face Awards.

  • Both of my grandfathers spent ten years in jail for being Jewish.

  • If you've been with me for that first ten years, thank you greatly.

  • So it'd be ten of these castles in bricks.

Synonyms

x
vsten
54 5.8

A Roman symbol for ten used to show the number ten in names or lists

is the abstract numeric quantity rather than a written symbol

Idioms

16 2.0

In almost all cases

ten to one
  • Informal
16 3.7

Very likely to happen

1 8.6

Very common and not worth much

1 6.7

To give more effort than seems possible

1 9.9

You say this when you are very sure something will happen

Very poor with no money at all

To work as hard as you can, often more than expected

Compounds

333 1.0

One part in every ten of a total amount

328 1.0

A number equal to ten thousand items

A set of ten moral rules that God gave to Moses on Mount Sinai

39 3.0

A score of ten out of a possible total used in grading or contests

4 1.0

A number equal to one hundred plus ten

3 1.0

Paper money from the United States worth ten dollars

2 5.8

A hat with a wide brim and a tall soft crown that cowboys and ranchers wear

1 8.1

A playing card with ten spots on its face

One equal part of something divided into ten thousand parts

One part of ten thousand equal parts

1 4.6

The British Prime Minister, their home at 10 Downing Street, or the main attacking player in football

1 9.9

Seventy years that people often use to mean a typical human lifespan

ten-dollar word
  • Informal
1 9.3

A long fancy word people use when simple words are enough

1 1.7

A coin worth ten cents, like a dime

ten-strike
  • Jargon
1 7.9

A bowler knocks down all ten pins with the first ball in a frame

A card you pay for in advance to use for ten coffees or bus rides

4.0

A small cheap object with little real value

ten-day fern
  • Australian
9.9

Tropical fern with thick divided leaves that grow in warm southern places

8.4

A small freshwater fish with ten sharp spines on its back

How Many

one hundred
264 1.0
fifty
2 1.0
forty-five
902 1.0
forty
∞ 1.0
twenty
∞ 1.0
ten
334 1.0
zero
465 1.0

Surface Forms

ten singular
tens plural

Etymology

Ten as a group or set comes from the same old number word shared across languages (Latin decem, German zehn, Spanish diez), which means 'ten'. So calling a pack or set a ten just uses the word's basic meaning of the number ten.