TEN

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does ten mean? 

• TEN (noun)
  The noun TEN has 2 senses:

1. the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

2. one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face

  Familiarity information: TEN used as a noun is rare.

• TEN (adjective)
  The adjective TEN has 1 sense:

1. being one more than nine

  Familiarity information: TEN used as an adjective is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• TEN (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

Classified under:

Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure

Synonyms:

10; decade; ten; tenner; X

Hypernyms ("ten" is a kind of...):

large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)

Sense 2

Meaning:

One of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face

Classified under:

Nouns denoting man-made objects

Synonyms:

ten; ten-spot

Hypernyms ("ten" is a kind of...):

spot (a playing card with a specified number of pips on it to indicate its value)

• TEN (adjective)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Being one more than nine

Synonyms:

10; ten; x

Similar:

cardinal (being or denoting a numerical quantity but not order)

 Context examples 

My poor aunt always felt affected if within ten miles of the sea, which the Admiral of course never believed, but I know it was so.

(Mansfield Park, by Jane Austen)

I could, of course, borrow so trifling a sum ten times over from my friends, but I much prefer to make it a matter of business and to carry out that business myself.

(The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes, by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle)

"Accordingly, we were able to determine an average loss of about ten percent body weight within a week."

(German scientists find potential treatment for obesity, Agência Brasil)

This fraction is unexpectedly high — among galaxies in general the fraction is less than one in ten.

(Supermassive Black Holes Feed on Cosmic Jellyfish, ESO)

Current tests take between two to ten days to give a result.

(Biosensor promises early malaria diagnosis, SciDev.Net)

Our honest friend journeyed on his way too; and if he was merry before, he was now ten times more so.

(Fairy Tales, by The Brothers Grimm)

“You have lost an hour,” said Morland; “it was only ten o'clock when we came from Tetbury.”

(Northanger Abbey, by Jane Austen)

Then he applied his teeth to the thong, and in the space of ten seconds was free.

(White Fang, by Jack London)

Nearly one in ten people aged 18 and older have mood disorders.

(Mood Disorders, NIH)

“You have said so, any time these ten years, Doctor,” Mr. Wickfield answered.

(David Copperfield, by Charles Dickens)