ten

Meaning

Num

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. (slang) A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
6. (slang) A high level of intensity.
7. The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.

Concepts

ten

10

ten-spot

tenth

decade

tenner

decuple

tenfold

collect

pick up

picking

little finger

arm

back of hand

elbow

finger

fingers

five

hand

wristbands

Group of Ten

x

X

decimal

number ten

Pronounced as (IPA)

/tɛn/

Etymology

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.