Ten

5 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ten \Ten\ (t[e^]n), n.
     1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and
        five; ten units of objects.
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              I will not destroy it for ten's sake. --Gen. xviii.


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     2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, {x}, or {X}.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Ten \Ten\ (t[e^]n), a. [AS. t[=e]n, ti['e]n, t[=y]n, t[=e]ne;
     akin to OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG.
     zehan, Icel. t[imac]u, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. ta['i]hun,
     Lith. deszimt, Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L.
     decem, Gr. de`ka, Skr. da[,c]an. [root]308. Cf. {Dean},
     {Decade}, {Decimal}, {December}, {Eighteen}, {Eighty},
     {Teens}, {Tithe}.]
     One more than nine; twice five.
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           With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
                                                    --Dryden.
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     Note: Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and
           other like words.
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                 There 's a proud modesty in merit,
                 Averse from begging, and resolved to pay
                 Ten times the gift it asks.        --Dryden.
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From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  ten
       adj : being one more than nine [syn: {10}, {x}]
       n : the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the
           base of the decimal system [syn: {10}, {X}, {tenner}, {decade}]

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:

  28 Moby Thesaurus words for "ten":
     Big Dick, Decalogue, Ten Commandments, X, blow, breath, breather,
     breathing, decade, decagon, decagram, decahedron, decaliter,
     decameter, decare, decastere, decastyle, decasyllable, decemvir,
     decemvirate, decennary, decennium, decigram, deciliter, decimeter,
     decurion, respite, tenner
  
  

From Virtual Entity of Relevant Acronyms (Version 1.9, June 2002) [vera]:

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