ten Definition
ten (ten)
adjective
totaling one more than nine
Etymology: ME < OE ten, tȳn, tene, akin to Ger zehn < IE *déṃ, ten > Sans dáça, Gr dēka, L decem
noun
- the cardinal number between nine and eleven; 10; X
- any group of ten people or things
- something numbered ten or having ten units, as a playing card or a throw of dice
- ☆ Informal a ten-dollar bill
ten Synonyms
ten Usage Examples
Preposition: of
- thousand: Greece is to deploy tens of thousands of armed guards in Athens during the games.
- million: For the UK 2001 general election, political pundits spoke in terms of tens of millions being spent in total by all parties.
- kilometer: Typically, they are a few tens of kilometers across at their source, expanding to hundreds of kilometers across downstream.
- kilometer: In the radio frequency weapons area, you are talking tens of meters to tens of kilometers.
- meter: In the radio frequency weapons area, you are talking tens of meters to tens of kilometers.
- hour: You can produce a good basic open learning course in a few tens of hours.
Converse of object
- spend: Oil, energy and car companies have spent tens of millions of dollars fighting the Kyoto protocol.
- attract: Like the Integer House, Osborne House is expected to attract tens of thousands of visitors.
- involve: This may involve tens or hundreds of thousands of patients worldwide.
- sell: The relevance of the Manifesto today A cheap paperback edition of the Manifesto published in 1996 sold tens of thousands of copies.
- cost: Think about insurance Extending your home may cost tens of thousands of pounds, so itâs worth protecting your investment.
- affect: But it has so far failed to address the scandal of exclusions affecting tens of thousands of children a year.
Adjective modifier
- few: You can produce a good basic open learning course in a few tens of hours.
- many: We have all seen how many tens of thousands are placed on each race each day so how come they can't get on?
- more: If immediate deaths are in the low range, more tens of millions may die subsequently because the economy is unable to support them.
Modifies a noun
- machine: TENS machines are now widely used to treat acute and chronic pain of many different origins.
- review: Increase in history tens reviews and i respect what high-end players with.
- list: From New York: Standing room only... it's THE TOP TEN LIST for Thursday, January 19, 1995.
Noun used with modifier
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