English Explanatory Dictionary

ten

English dictionary entry

Meanings

num
  1. The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
noun
  1. A set or group with ten elements.
  2. An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
  3. A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
  4. A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.
  5. A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
  6. A high level of intensity.
  7. The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.
name
  1. Abbreviation of Tennessee.
noun
  1. Initialism of toxic epidermal necrolysis.

Pronunciation

tĕn /tɛn/ [tʰɛn] en-us-inlandnorth-ten.ogg en-us-ten.ogg /tɪn/ /ten/

Word forms

ten tens

Etymology

PIE word *déḱm̥ From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Scots ten, tene (“ten”), West Frisian tsien (“ten”), Saterland Frisian tjoon (“ten”), North Frisian tiin (“ten”). See also teen.

Synonyms

tenner dime piece

Related words

tenth tenfold deca- deka- decadal decenary decimal decade and decennium decadal and decennial decennial decener tithe decimate decaplet decuplet decimestrial decemvirate tithingman

Derived words

a hundred and ten percent at ten and two Bayard of ten toes card of ten catch the ten count to ten feel ten feet tall five-and-ten five and ten five will get you ten four score and ten grade ten handbags at ten paces hang ten high ten nine times out of ten not touch something with a ten-foot pole not touch with a ten-foot pole number ten starter for ten take ten ten a penny ten bagger ten-bagger ten-ball ten-cent ten-cent store ten-cent tour ten-cent word ten-code Ten Commandments ten-dollar word ten-eighty ten foot ten-footer ten foot pole ten-for ten-four ten-gallon hat ten-hut ten-in-one ten-lined June beetle Ten Mile Bank Ten Mile Hollow ten million tenner ten o'clock ten penny nail ten-penny nail ten-percenter ten piece ten-pin ten-pin bowling ten points from Gryffindor ten points to Gryffindor ten-pounder tenpounder ten pound Pom ten pound tourist ten-pound tourist
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