ten

[Ten]

The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

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One more than nine; twice five.

Noun
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

Adjective S.
being one more than nine


a.
One more than nine; twice five.

n.
The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects.

n.
A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.


Ten

Ten , a. [AS. t'c7n, ti'82n, tn, t'c7ne; akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel. t'c6u, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. ta'a1hun, Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. , Skr. da'87an. 'fb308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal, December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.] One more than nine; twice five.
With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
&hand; 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.

Ten

Ten , n. 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.
2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.

One more than nine; twice five.

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Usage Examples

A lot of good love can happen in ten years.

Artistic qualities that once seemed undeniable don't seem so now. Sometimes these fluctuations are only fickleness of taste, momentary glitches in an artist's work, or an artist getting ahead of his audience (it took me ten years to catch up to Albert Oehlen). Other times, however, these problems mean there's something wrong with the art.

A belief in God is vitally important, not just in show business, but stability in life. You know, to recognize deity is the most important thing that you can do. I mean, it comes to the Ten Commandments. They weren't ten suggestions. They were Ten Commandments.

And I love Mel Brooks. My Dad loved his movies, too, they're awesome, the kind of thing that if you're in for ten minutes, you're in for two hours.

As a young man you don't notice at all that you were, after all, badly affected. For years afterwards, at least ten years, I kept getting these dreams, in which I had to crawl through ruined houses, along passages I could hardly get through.

As a consequence of the victories we have registered during our first ten years of freedom, we have laid a firm foundation for the new advances we must and will make during the next decade.

All men are born with a nose and ten fingers, but no one was born with a knowledge of God.

Misspelled Form

ten, rten, 5ten, 6ten, yten, gten, ren, 5en, 6en, yen, gen, tren, t5en, t6en, tyen, tgen, twen, t3en, t4en, tren, tsen, tden, twn, t3n, t4n, trn, tsn, tdn, tewn, te3n, te4n, tern, tesn, tedn, tebn, tehn, tejn, temn, te n, teb, teh, tej, tem, te , tenb, tenh, tenj, tenm, ten .

Other Usage Examples

Baseball is the only field of endeavor where a man can succeed three times out of ten and be considered a good performer.

A good idea is about ten percent and implementation and hard work, and luck is 90 percent.

A single conversation across the table with a wise man is better than ten years mere study of books.

Are your kids learning the right lessons about 9/11? Ten years after Osama bin Laden's henchmen murdered thousands of innocents on American soil, too many children have been spoon-fed the thin gruel of progressive political correctness over the stiff antidote of truth.

All morning they watched for the plane which they thought would be looking for them. They cursed war in general and PTs in particular. At about ten o'clock the hulk heaved a moist sigh and turned turtle.

Am I a romantic? I've seen 'Wuthering Heights' ten times. I'm a romantic.

A lifetime of training for just ten seconds.

At ten I was playing against 18-year-old guys. At 15 I was playing professional ball with the Birmingham Black Barons, so I really came very quickly in all sports.

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