ten

About 87.66 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun NATO, ICAO, ITU & IMO radiotelephony code for 10, used only with o'clock to indicate direction.
2. symbol ISO 639-3 language code for Tama (Colombia).
3. numeral The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
4. noun A set or group with ten elements.

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

5. noun An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.

   Our houses are tens of meters apart, so we don't have to worry about noise from our neighbours.

6. noun A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
7. noun A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.

   Can you give me two tens for this twenty?

8. noun A perfect specimen, a physically attractive person.

Similar words

decade cardinal tenner x tenfold dozen twelve nine fourteenth thirteenth

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Word family

10 tens