What does ten mean?
Definitions for ten
tɛnten
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word ten.
Princeton's WordNet
ten, 10, X, tenner, decadenoun
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
ten-spot, tenadjective
one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
ten, 10, xadjective
being one more than nine
Wiktionary
tennoun
The number following nine.
tennoun
(Cards) The card between the nine and jack in a given suit.
tennoun
A monetary denomination worth ten units.
tennoun
A superb specimen.
tennoun
A beautiful woman.
Etymology: From ten, tene, from tien, from tehun, from déḱm̥t. Cognate with ten, tene, tsien, tjoon, tiin, Dutch tien, German zehn, Swedish tio; and with Sanskrit दश, Ancient Greek δέκα, Latin decem, Irish deich, Serbo-Croatian deset. See also teen.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
Tenadjective
The decimal number; twice five; the number by which we multiply numbers into new denominations.
Etymology: tyn , Saxon; tien, Dutch.
Thou shalt have more
Than two tens to a score. William Shakespeare, King Lear.Ten hath been extolled as containing even, odd, long, and plain, quadrate and cubical numbers; and Aristotle observed, that Barbarians as well as Greeks used a numeration unto ten. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours, b. iv.
With twice ten fail I cross’d the Phrygian sea,
Scarce seven within your harbour meet. Dryden.There’s a proud modesty in merit,
Averse from begging; and resolv’d to pay
Ten times the gift it asks. John Dryden, Cleomenes.From the soft lyre,
Sweet flute, and ten string’d instrument, require
Sounds of delight. Matthew Prior.Although English is too little cultivated, yet the faults are nine in ten owing to affectation. Jonathan Swift, Miscel.
Wikipedia
ChatGPT
ten
Ten is a numerical value equal to two sets of five, or double five, and is represented by the numeral '10' in the base 10 numeral system. It is an even number and is considered the first two-digit number. In Roman numerals, ten is represented as 'X'. Additionally, ten is seen as a symbol of perfection or completion in many cultures, such as with the Ten Commandments in Christianity, and is standard in many counting systems because humans typically have ten fingers.
Webster Dictionary
Tenadjective
one more than nine; twice five
Tennoun
the number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects
Tennoun
a symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X
Wikidata
Ten
Ten is the debut studio album by the American rock band Pearl Jam, released on August 27, 1991 through Epic Records. Following the disbanding of bassist Jeff Ament and guitarist Stone Gossard's previous group Mother Love Bone, the two recruited vocalist Eddie Vedder, guitarist Mike McCready, and drummer Dave Krusen to form Pearl Jam in 1990. Most of the songs began as instrumental jams, to which Vedder added lyrics about topics such as depression, homelessness, and abuse. Ten was not an immediate success, but by late 1992 it had reached number two on the Billboard 200 chart. The album produced three hit singles: "Alive", "Even Flow", and "Jeremy". While Pearl Jam was accused of jumping on the grunge bandwagon at the time, Ten was instrumental in popularizing alternative rock in the mainstream. In February 2013, the album was certified diamond by the RIAA in the United States, crossing the 10 million mark in sales. It remains Pearl Jam's most commercially successful album.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Ten
ten, adj. twice five.—n. a figure denoting ten units, as 10 or x.: a playing-card with ten spots: ten o'clock in the morning or evening.—n. Up′per-ten (see under Upper). [A.S. tén, tíen; Ger. zehn, W. deg, L. decem, Gr. deka, Sans. daçan.]
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Surnames Frequency by Census Records
TEN
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Ten is ranked #47006 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
The Ten surname appeared 452 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Ten.
44.6% or 202 total occurrences were Asian.
24.1% or 109 total occurrences were of Hispanic origin.
23.2% or 105 total occurrences were White.
4.4% or 20 total occurrences were of two or more races.
1.9% or 9 total occurrences were American Indian or Alaskan Native.
1.5% or 7 total occurrences were Black.
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Spoken Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ten' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #657
Written Corpus Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'ten' in Written Corpus Frequency: #191
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Anagrams for ten »
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of ten in Chaldean Numerology is: 5
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of ten in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
Examples of ten in a Sentence
President Donald Trump would say racially insensitive things that made me uncomfortable, i don't think President Donald Trump ever said anything in that room like' African Americans are inferior' or anything about rape or grabbing women, but of those two hours every other day in a room with President Donald Trump, every ten minutes was fingernails on chalkboard.
It lasted for 10 minutes. Ten horrific minutes where everybody was on the floor covering their head.
People keep arriving daily, and there is a waiting list of a week to ten days just to get a dirty mattress to sleep on, some sleep in cars.
I would gladly pay ten cents a gallon( more).
For me, what I found is if you, you know, it's kind of like when you're going through hell, keep going. It's the only solution. When you get to the other side, you figure out, number one, that you're ten times stronger than you thought you were. And you don't forget that because you experience it. It's not intellectual. Secondly, you find out who your real friends and family are because, in tough times, no one else sticks around. There was grace in that because it made me so much stronger or made me care so much more.
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- жәабаAbkhaz
- tienAfrikaans
- ፲, ዐሥርAmharic
- عشرة, عَشَرَةٌ, ١٠Arabic
- цоAvaric
- tunkaAymara
- onAzerbaijani
- унBashkir
- дзяся́тка, дзяся́цера, дзе́сяцьBelarusian
- де́сетBulgarian
- দশ, ১০Bengali
- བཅུTibetan Standard
- dekBreton
- deuCatalan, Valencian
- иттChechen
- deciCorsican
- deset, pětkaCzech
- дєсѧтьOld Church Slavonic, Church Slavonic, Old Bulgarian
- вунChuvash
- degWelsh
- tier, tital, tiDanish
- ZehnGerman
- δέκαGreek
- dekEsperanto
- diezSpanish
- kümmeEstonian
- hamarBasque
- ده, ۱۰Persian
- kymppi, kymmenenFinnish
- tiniFijian
- tíggjuFaroese
- dixFrench
- tsienWestern Frisian
- deichIrish
- deichnear, deichScottish Gaelic
- dezGalician
- paGuaraní
- દશ, ૧૦Gujarati
- jeihaght, jeihManx
- gomaHausa
- עֶשֶׂר, עֲשָׂרָהHebrew
- दस, १०Hindi
- disHaitian Creole
- tizes, tízHungarian
- տասն, տասըArmenian
- deceInterlingua
- sepuluhIndonesian
- ꊰNuosu
- tíuIcelandic
- dieciItalian
- 十Japanese
- se-puluhJavanese
- ათიGeorgian
- онKazakh
- qulitKalaallisut, Greenlandic
- ដប់Khmer
- ೧೦, ಹತ್ತುKannada
- 열, 십, 十Korean
- dehKurdish
- dekCornish
- онKyrgyz
- decemLatin
- zéngLuxembourgish, Letzeburgesch
- ສິບLao
- dešimtis, dešimtLithuanian
- desmitLatvian
- joñoulMarshallese
- tekau, ngahuruMāori
- де́сет, десеткаMacedonian
- പത്ത്Malayalam
- ᠠᠷᠪᠠᠨ, аравMongolian
- ساتو ڤولوه, سڤولوه, sepuluh, ايکداسا, satu puluh, ekadasaMalay
- għaxraMaltese
- တဆယ်, ၁၀Burmese
- ataNauru
- tien, tientjeDutch
- tiNorwegian
- neeznááNavajo, Navaho
- khumiChichewa, Chewa, Nyanja
- dètzOccitan
- midaaswiOjibwe, Ojibwa
- ଦଶ, ୧୦Oriya
- дæсOssetian, Ossetic
- ਦਸ, ੧੦Panjabi, Punjabi
- dziesiątka, dziesięć, dycha, dziesięcioroPolish
- dezPortuguese
- chunkaQuechua
- decar, zeceRomanian
- де́сятеро, де́сять, деся́ткаRussian
- दशSanskrit
- degheSardinian
- ڏهه, ڏَهَيلو, ڏَهَهSindhi
- де̏сет, dȅsetSerbo-Croatian
- දහයSinhala, Sinhalese
- desať, desaťkorunáčka, desiatkaSlovak
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- sefuluSamoan
- tobanSomali
- dhjetëAlbanian
- sapuluhSundanese
- tio, tiaSwedish
- kumiSwahili
- பத்துTamil
- పదిTelugu
- даҳTajik
- สิบ, ๑๐Thai
- onTurkmen
- sampuTagalog
- onTurkish
- унTatar
- ئونUyghur, Uighur
- де́сятеро, де́сятьUkrainian
- oʻnUzbek
- mườiVietnamese
- degVolapük
- dijhWalloon
- צעןYiddish
- 十Chinese
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