/ ten; NAmE / number 10
HELP NOTE : There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five .
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IDIOMS
- ten out of ten (for sth)
- ten to one
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WORD ORIGIN
Old English tēn , tīen , of Germanic origin; related to Dutch tien and German zehn , from an Indo-European root shared by Sanskrit daśa , Greek deka , and Latin decem .