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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

TEN, a. [L. decem.]
1. Twice five; nine and one.
With twice ten sail I cross'd the Phrygian sea.
2. It is a kind of proverbial number.
There's a proud modesty in merit,
Averse to begging, and resolv'd to pay
Ten times the gift it asks.
The meaning in this use is, a great deal more, indefinitely.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: being one more than nine [syn: ten, 10, x] n
1: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system [syn: ten, 10, X, tenner, decade]
2: one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face [syn: ten-spot, ten]

Merriam Webster's

noun Etymology: Middle English, from Old English t?ene, from t?en, adjective, ten; akin to Old High German zehan ten, Latin decem, Greek deka Date: before 12th century 1. — see number table 2. the 10th in a set or series <wears a ten> 3. something having 10 units or members 4. a 10-dollar bill 5. one deserving the highest rating; specifically an exceptionally attractive person • ten adjective • ten pronoun, plural in construction

Oxford Reference Dictionary

n. & adj. --n. 1 one more than nine. 2 a symbol for this (10, x, X). 3 a size etc. denoted by ten. 4 the time of ten o'clock (is it ten yet?). 5 a card with ten pips. 6 a set of ten. --adj. 1 that amount to ten. 2 (as a round number) several (ten times as easy). Phrases and idioms: the Ten Commandments see COMMANDMENT. ten-gallon hat a cowboy's large broad-brimmed hat. ten-week stock a variety of stock, Matthiola incana, said to bloom ten weeks after the sowing of the seed . Etymology: OE tien, ten f. Gmc

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

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.

Collin's Cobuild Dictionary

(tens) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. Ten is the number 10. Over the past ten years things have changed. ten a penny: see penny NUM see also Number Ten

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

(`eser; deka).

See NUMBER.

Moby Thesaurus

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