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ten

noun numeral

A set or group with ten elements.

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Word Facts

Word length
3
Starts with
T
Ends with
N
Contains
E
Scrabble score
3
Database source
OEWN 2025 Core

How it sounds

Pronunciation

/tɛn/ /tɛn/

Meaning

Definitions

noun

  1. A set or group with ten elements.

    “We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.”

  2. A card in a given suit with a value of ten.

  3. A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units. See also tenner.

    “Can you give me two tens for this twenty?”

  4. A perfect specimen, a physically attractive person.

  5. A high level of intensity.

  6. The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.

numeral

  1. The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.

In context

Example Sentences

We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.
Can you give me two tens for this twenty?

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