TEN


Meaning of TEN in English

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

Oxford English vocab.      Оксфордский английский словарь.