Ten Definition
tĕn
noun
The cardinal number between nine and eleven; 10; X.
Webster's New World
The tenth in a set or sequence.
American Heritage
Any group of ten people or things.
Webster's New World
Something numbered ten or having ten units, as a playing card or a throw of dice.
Webster's New World
Something or someone regarded as worthy of the highest rating; specif., a person regarded as possessing exceptional sexual attractiveness.
Webster's New World
abbreviation
Tenor.
American Heritage
Tenuto.
American Heritage
adjective
Totaling one more than nine.
Webster's New World
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Webster's New World
Origin of Ten
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From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen (“ten”), from Proto-Germanic *tehun (“ten”), from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥t (“ten”). Cognate with Scots ten, tene (“ten”), West Frisian tsien (“ten”), Eastern Frisian tjoon (“ten”), North Frisian tiin (“ten”), Dutch tien (“ten”), German zehn (“ten”), Swedish tio (“ten”); and with Sanskrit दश, Ancient Greek δέκα (deka), Albanian dhjetë, Latin decem, Irish deich, Serbo-Croatian deset. See also teen.
From Wiktionary
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Middle English from Old English tīen dekm̥ in Indo-European roots
From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition
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