the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one. It is the base of the decimal number system and the base of the common logarithm
See also number (sense 1)
2.
a numeral, 10, X, etc, representing this number
3.
something representing, represented by, or consisting of ten units, such as a playingcard with ten symbols on it
4. Also called: ten o'clock
ten hours after noon or midnight
determiner
5.
a.
amounting to ten
ten tigers
b.
(as pronoun)
to sell only ten
▶ Related adjective: ▶ Related prefixes: , decimal, deca-, deci-
Word origin
Old English tēn; related to Old Saxon tehan, Old High German zehan, Gothic taihun, Latin decem, Greek deka, Sanskrit dasa
ten- in British English
combining form
a variant of teno-
ten in American English
(tɛn)
adjective
1.
totaling one more than nine
noun
2.
the cardinal number between nine and eleven; 10; X
3.
any group of ten people or things
4.
something numbered ten or having ten units, as a playing card or a throw of dice
5. US, Informal
a ten-dollar bill
Word origin
ME < OE ten, tȳn, tene, akin to Ger zehn < IE *déṃ, ten > Sans dáça, Gr deka, L decem
ten- in American English
(tɛn)
teno-
used before a vowel
Examples of 'ten' in a sentence
ten
More than one in ten dogs over the age of ten show signs of heart disease.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
Ten per cent had ten or more.
The Sun (2017)
They could play ten games in ten days if they had to.
The Sun (2016)
Nine of the past ten scorers finished in the first three last time.
The Sun (2016)
More than nine in ten women survive it.
The Sun (2016)
He wants to sell ten of his herd and hopes to get up to 8,000 for each.
The Sun (2016)
The bestseller was a vegan cacao and orange pot, which sold ten times the number predicted.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
She will now enjoy this year's party season as a trim size ten, not worrying about unflattering photos.
The Sun (2016)
Unknown artists were selling for ten times more than the top artists of the day.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
The centre was crowded and some say it was about ten thousand strong.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Transfer fees of tens of millions for football players.
The Sun (2011)
Australia has ten times the number of sheep as people.
Christianity Today (2000)
We should not carry more than ten per cent of our own weight.
The Sun (2015)
Property experts said that the largest penthouses could sell for tens of millions of pounds.
Times, Sunday Times (2014)
That could cure liver disease and save tens of thousands of lives a year.
The Sun (2010)
That comes after selling tens of millions of pounds worth at the float last year.
Times, Sunday Times (2015)
All staff can buy standby tickets for ten per cent of the normal price.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
She prayed five times a day and wore the full hijab from the age of ten.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The number of older women having relationships with younger men has increased dramatically in the past ten years.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
They punch or bite well above their weight and have been known to knock down rabbits ten times their size.
Times, Sunday Times (2011)
That would make it difficult for them to find ten million new jobs each year for workers flocking to cities.
Times, Sunday Times (2007)
The father of four had been dead for at least ten days and was discovered after a neighbour called the police.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
The ruling covers ten early works including the two classics which continue to sell tens of thousands of copies a year.
Times, Sunday Times (2006)
Then she discovers he's only number ten!
The Sun (2009)
That is roughly ten times the size of the population of Washington itself.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
Today it has a network of tens of thousands of participants in more than 100 countries.
Times, Sunday Times (2010)
That figure jars with some external assessments, which put the number tens of thousands higher.
Times, Sunday Times (2016)
In a survey, nine out of ten top charity executives said the planned cap will hit donations.
The Sun (2012)
The body stayed in the house for ten days because we couldn't afford a chapel of rest.
Times, Sunday Times (2008)
I give it nine out of ten.
The Sun (2013)
GPs are seeing up to ten patients a day who are lonely rather than ill, according to research.
Times, Sunday Times (2013)
`I wouldn't touch such an instrument with a ten- foot pole," Cross said earnestly.
Wright, Richard THE OUTSIDER (1989)
In other languages
ten
British English: ten /tɛn/ NUMBER
Ten is the number 10.
Over the past ten years things have changed.
American English: ten
Arabic: عَشَرَة
Brazilian Portuguese: dez
Chinese: 十
Croatian: deset
Czech: deset
Danish: ti
Dutch: tien
European Spanish: diez
Finnish: kymmenen
French: dix
German: zehn
Greek: δέκα
Italian: dieci
Japanese: 十
Korean: 10
Norwegian: ti
Polish: dziesięć
European Portuguese: dez
Romanian: zece
Russian: десять
Latin American Spanish: diez
Swedish: tio
Thai: สิบ
Turkish: on
Ukrainian: десять
Vietnamese: mười
All related terms of 'ten'
Teno
a river in E Kenya , rising in the Aberdare Range and flowing in a wide curve east to the Indian Ocean : the longest river in Kenya. Length: 708 km (440 miles)
Big Ten
a group of large universities, located chiefly in the Midwestern U.S., forming a league for intercollegiate sports
top ten
the ten most important or successful items in a particular list
Ten Gurus
the ten leaders of the Sikh religion from its founder Guru Nanak to Guru Gobind Singh , who ended the line of gurus by calling on Sikhs to rely on the holy text of the Guru Granth Sahib to guide them
ten-speed
a bicycle equipped with a derailleur of ten speeds , or gear arrangements
Number Ten
Number Ten is often used to refer to 10 Downing Street, London, which is the official home of the British Prime Minister .
ten o'clock
→ another name for ten (sense 4 )
ten-strike
→ strike
Group of Ten
the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium , Canada, France, Italy, Japan , Netherlands , Sweden , UK, US, and West Germany
the Big Ten
a group of ten US universities which have a tradition of excellence in baseball , basketball , and American football .
the top ten
the ten best-selling pop music recordings at any particular time
ten-acre block
a block of subdivided farming land, usually within commuting distance of a city, that provides a semirural way of life
ten-cent store
a shop that sells everything at a very cheap price, formerly at ten cents , but now more often at a dollar
Ten Commandments
the ten laws constituting the fundamental moral code of Israel , given to Moses by God on Mount Sinai ; Decalogue : Ex . 20:2-17; Deut. 5:6-22
ten-gallon hat
(in the US and Canada ) a cowboy's broad-brimmed felt hat with a very high crown
ten-metre line
a dashed line on a rugby field ten metres away from the halfway line; the ball must be kicked beyond this to begin play
ten-yard rule
the rule allowing a referee , when a player disputes the award of a penalty or free kick , to penalize the offending side further by moving the place from which the kick is to be taken ten yards further forward
ten-pin bowling
Ten-pin bowling is a game in which you try to knock down ten objects shaped like bottles by rolling a heavy ball towards them. It is usually played in a place called a bowling alley .
threescore and ten
old-fashioned or literary → another name for seventy
hang five (or ten)
to ride a surfboard with the toes of one (or both) feet draped over the front edge of the board
the Ten Commandments
the commandments summarizing the basic obligations of humankind towards God and other people, delivered to Moses on Mount Sinai engraved on two tablets of stone ( Exodus 20:1–17)
take five, take ten
If someone tells you to take five or to take ten , they are telling you to have a five- or ten-minute break from what you are doing.
ten-spined stickleback
a small teleost fish, Gasterosteus pungitius , of the family Gasterosteidae, of rivers and coastal regions, having ten spines along the back and occurring in cold and temperate northern regions
two a penny
Things that are said to be two a penny or ten a penny are not valuable or interesting because they are very common and easy to find .
five-and-ten-cent store
a store that sells a wide variety of inexpensive merchandise , orig. with many articles priced at five or ten cents
nine times out of ten
If you say that something happens or is the case nine times out of ten or ninety-nine times out of a hundred , you mean that it happens on nearly every occasion or is almost always the case.
five-and-dime
a shop that sells a wide variety of things at a cheap price
nine/seven/ten-day wonder
If you say that someone or something is a nine -day wonder or a one -day wonder , you disapprove of the fact that they are attracting so much interest and attention , because you think that their popularity will only last for a very short time.
take five (or ten, etc.)
take a break for five (or ten , etc.) minutes , as from working
Valley of Ten Thousand Smokes
a volcanic region of SW Alaska , formed by the massive eruption of Mount Katmai in 1912; jets of steam issue from vents up to 45 m (150 ft) across
strack
to deliver (a blow or stroke ) to (a person)
strak
to deliver (a blow or stroke ) to (a person)
strike
When there is a strike , workers stop doing their work for a period of time, usually in order to try to get better pay or conditions for themselves.
someone wouldn't touch something or someone with a barge pole
said to mean that someone does not want to have anything to do with someone or something, because they do not trust them or like them
Chinese translation of 'ten'
ten
(tɛn)
num
十 (shí)
tens of thousands好几(幾)万(萬) (hǎo jǐ wàn)
All related terms of 'ten'
Number Ten
( 10 Downing Street ) 唐宁街10号是指英国伦敦唐宁街10号，即英国首相的办公住所。
ten or so
10个(個)左右 shí gè zuǒyǒu
ten/twenty plus
十几(幾)/二十多 shí jǐ/èrshí duō
to count to ten
数(數)到10 shǔdào shí
it's ten after eight
( US ) 现(現)在是8点(點)过(過)10分 xiànzài shì bādiǎn guò shífēn [ 英 = past ]
one in ten people
十分之一的人 shī fēn zhī yī de rén
an average of ten days
平均10天左右 píngjūn shí tiān zuǒyòu
six from ten leaves four
10减(減)去6还(還)剩4 shí jiǎnqù liù háishèng sì
a ten-gigabyte hard drive
10千兆字节(節)硬盘(盤) shí qiānzhào zìjié yìngpán
as many as ten thousand people
( emphatic ) 一万(萬)人之多 yīwàn rén zhī duō
it's five/ten/a quarter to five
差5分/10分/一刻5点(點) chà wǔ fēn/shí fēn/yī kè wǔ diǎn
it's ten times heavier than or ten times as heavy as we estimated
比我们(們)预(預)计(計)的要重10倍 bǐ wǒmen yùjì de yào zhòng shí bèi