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ten [number]

The number 10

US /ten/ 
UK /ten/ 
Example: 

Her father died ten years ago.

Oxford Essential Dictionary

ten

 number
10

Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

ten

ten /ten/ BrE AmE number, noun
[Language: Old English; Origin: tien]
1. the number 10:
Snow had been falling steadily for ten days.
I need to be home by ten (=ten o'clock).
At the time, she was about ten (=ten years old).
2. ten to one informal used to say that something is very likely:
Ten to one he’ll have forgotten all about it tomorrow.
3. be ten a penny British English informal to be very common and therefore not special or unusual ⇨ be a dime a dozen at ↑dime(2)
4. (get) ten out of ten (for something) British English used in schools to give a perfect mark, or humorously to praise someone:
You get ten out of ten for effort, Simon.
5. [countable] a piece of paper money that is worth ten dollars or ten pounds:
I reached inside my purse and handed him a ten.
 

Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ten

ten [ten tens]   [ten]    [ten]  number
10  There are examples of how to use numbers at the entry for five.
Idioms: ten out of ten  ten to one  
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.

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary - 4th Edition
 

ten / ten / number

A1 the number 10:

Her father died ten years ago.

We can take ten (people) in the minibus.

Collins Advanced Learner’s English Dictionary

ten

[te̱n]
 
 tens
 NUM

 Ten is the number 10.
 → See also Number Ten
 ten a pennysee penny
  Over the past ten years things have changed.

Merriam-Webster's Advanced Learner's Dictionary

ten

ten /ˈtɛn/ noun, pl tens
1 [count] : the number 10
2 [count] : the tenth in a set or series
• the ten of spades
• page ten
3 [noncount] : ten o'clock
• “What time is it” “It's ten.”
4 [count]
a US : a ten-dollar bill
• The total cost was $7.83 and she gave him a ten.
• Do you have any fives or tens?
b Brit : a ten-pound note
5 [singular]
a : something that is the best
• The food at the restaurant is a (perfect) ten.
b : a very attractive person
• She's a ten.
ten a penny Brit informal : very common
• Thrillers are ten a penny [=(US) a dime a dozen] these days.
ten out of ten
- used to say that something was done very well
• I'll give them ten out of ten for creativity.
ten to one informal : very likely
Ten to one they'll lose. [=I think they'll almost certainly lose]
- ten adj
ten cars/guests/choices
- ten pronoun
Ten (of them) passed the test.