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ten (ten)

adjective

totaling one more than nine

Etymology: ME < OE ten, tȳn, tene, akin to Ger zehn < IE *déṃ, ten > Sans dáça, Gr dēka, L decem

noun

  1. the cardinal number between nine and eleven; 10; X
  2. any group of ten people or things
  3. something numbered ten or having ten units, as a playing card or a throw of dice
  4. ☆ Informal a ten-dollar bill

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
Used by arrangement with John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

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