ten


Definition: Meaning of, ten in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / tɛn /

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  1. the number 10
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  2. ten to one informal used to say that something is very likely
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  3. be ten a penny British English informal to be very common and therefore not special or unusual
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  4. (get) ten out of ten (for something) British English used in schools to give a perfect mark, or humorously to praise someone
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  5. [countable] a piece of paper money that is worth ten dollars or ten pounds
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ten used in phrases

  • Big Ten, the
    1. a group of eleven midwestern US universities who compete with each other in sports. These teams are of very good quality in college sports, and their players often go on to join professional teams
  • Number Ten (noun)
    1. Number Ten Downing Street the address of the official home of the British Prime Minister
  • Pacific Ten
  • Ten Commandments (noun)
    1. the biblical commandments of Moses
  • Ten Commandments, the
    1. according to the Old Testament of the Bible, the set of rules that God gave to MOSES on Mount Sinai, in order to tell people how they should behave. They are supposed to have been written on two stone TABLET s (= flat pieces of stone) and they appear in the Christian, Jewish, and Islamic religions. The ten rules include 'Thou shalt not kill' and 'Thou shalt not steal'.
  • Ten Days that Shook the World
    1. (1919) a book by the US JOURNALIST John Reed about the RUSSIAN REVOLUTION of 1917. Reed was himself in St Petersburg during the Revolution, and actively supported it.
  • Ten Green Bottles
    1. a song about ten green bottles hanging on a wall and becoming fewer and fewer as they fall off the wall
  • five-and-ten (noun)
    1. a shop that sells many types of inexpensive goods, especially for the house [=  dime store]
  • one hundred ten (adjective)
    1. being ten more than one hundred
  • one-ten-thousandth (noun)
    1. one part in ten thousand equal parts
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