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- [ten]
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Definitions of ten word
- noun ten a cardinal number, nine plus one. 1
- noun ten a symbol for this number, as 10 or X. 1
- noun ten a set of this many persons or things. 1
- noun ten a playing card with ten pips. 1
- noun ten Informal. a ten-dollar bill: She had two tens and a five in her purse. 1
- noun ten Also called ten's place. Mathematics. (in a mixed number) the position of the second digit to the left of the decimal point. (in a whole number) the position of the second digit from the right. 1
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Origin of ten
First appearance:
before 900 One of the 4% oldest English words
before 900; Middle English ten(e), tenn(e), Old English tēn(e), tīen(e); cognate with Dutch tien, German zehn, Old Norse tīu, Gothic taihun, Latin decem, Greek déka, Sanskrit daśa
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Parts of speech for Ten
noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
ten popularity
A common word. It’s meaning is known to most children of preschool age. About 98% of English native speakers know the meaning and use the word.
Most Europeans know this English word. The frequency of it’s usage is somewhere between "mom" and "screwdriver".
ten usage trend in Literature
This diagram is provided by Google Ngram ViewerSynonyms for ten
adj ten
- a-ok — in perfect working order; excellent
- aok — Alternative spelling of A-okay.
- apple pie — An apple pie is a kind of pie made with apples.
- apple-pie — pertaining to or embodying traditional American values: apple-pie virtues; an apple-pie issue that no politician could vote against.
- champer — to bite upon or grind, especially impatiently: The horses champed the oats.
noun ten
- apnea — temporary stopping of breathing
- breakoff — an abrupt discontinuance, especially of relations
- break — When an object breaks or when you break it, it suddenly separates into two or more pieces, often because it has been hit or dropped.
- breath — Your breath is the air that you let out through your mouth when you breathe. If someone has bad breath, their breath smells unpleasant.
- cutoff — A cutoff or a cutoff point is the level or limit at which you decide that something should stop happening.
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