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Ten - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Ten : adj : being one more than nine [syn: 10, x]
(noun)
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the
base of the decimal system [syn: 10, X, tenner, decade]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Ten : \Ten\, n.
1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and
five; ten units of objects.
I will not destroy it for ten's sake. --Gen. xviii.
32.
2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ten : \Ten\, a. [AS. t[=e]n, ti['e]n, t?n, t[=e]ne; akin to
OFries. tian, OS. tehan, D. tien, G. zehn, OHG. zehan, Icel.
t[=i]u, Sw. tio, Dan. ti, Goth. ta['i]hun, Lith. deszimt,
Russ. desiate, W. deg, Ir. & Gael. deich, L. decem, Gr. ?,
Skr. da[,c]an. [root]308. Cf. Dean, Decade, Decimal,
December, Eighteen, Eighty, Teens, Tithe.]
One more than nine; twice five.
With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.
--Dryden.
Note: Ten is often used, indefinitely, for several, many, and
other like words.
There 's proud modesty in merit, Averse from
begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift
it asks. --Dryden.
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary
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Ten : TransEuropean Networks (network)
Based on Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
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Example Usage of Ten |
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autotwittest: Ten 27 - MIA 24 |
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