ten

Meanings

Plural: tens

Noun

• the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
• one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
• A set or group with ten elements.
• An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
• A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
• A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.
• A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
• A high level of intensity.
• The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.

Adjective Satellite

• being one more than nine

Num

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

Synonyms

10, decade, dime piece, ten-spot, tenner, x, X

Related Words

ace, cater, cinque, deca-, decadal, decadal and decennial, decade and decennium, decaplet, decemvirate, decenary, decener, decennial, decimal, decimate, decimestrial, decuplet, deka-, deuce, eight, five, four, jack, joker, king, knave, nine, queen, seven, six, tenfold, tenth, three, tithe, tithingman, trey, two

Anagrams of ten