ten
A set or group with ten elementsA set or group with ten elements.
» The meeting is ten days away.
Das Treffen ist in zehn Tagen.
Зустріч буде за десять днів.
Meaning
7 senses(countable, uncountable)A set or group with ten elements.
We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.
деся́токdesjátok
(countable, in the plural, uncountable)An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
Our houses are tens of meters apart, so we don't have to worry about noise from our neighbours.
tens of thousands of voters
(countable)A card in a given suit with a value of ten.
Zehner
(countable)A denomination of currency, such as a banknote, with a value of ten units.
Can you give me two tens for this twenty?
Zehnerl
(US, countable, slang)A perfect specimen, (particularly) a physically attractive person.
(US, countable, slang)A high level of intensity.
(countable)The act of rowing ten strokes flat out.
- the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
- one of four playing cards in a deck with ten pips on the face
Examples
2555 sentencesThe meeting is ten days away.
Зустріч буде за десять днів. — deniko
deDas Treffen ist in zehn Tagen. — Zaghawa
I sold it for ten dollars.
Я продав його за десять доларів. — deniko
ruЯ продал это за десять долларов. — sharptoothed
deIch habe es für zehn Dollar verkauft. — MUIRIEL
The boy can count to ten.
Хлопчик може рахувати до десяти. — rmdas
ruМальчик умеет считать до десяти. — Avelesy
deDer Junge kann bis zehn zählen. — cost
She left home ten minutes ago.
Вона вийшла з будинку десять хвилин тому. — rmdas
ruОна ушла из дома десять минут назад. — Lenin_1917
deSie ist vor zehn Minuten aus dem Haus gegangen. — wolfgangth
Let's have a ten-minute break.
Зробімо перерву на десять хвилин. — rozmaita
ruДавайте сделаем перерыв на десять минут. — Olya
deLasst uns zehn Minuten Pause machen. — MUIRIEL
Translations
6 languagesBy meaning 1
By meaning 2
Forms
plural: tensSynonyms
6 synonymsWord family
68 related wordsLessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Countable and uncountable nouns — Because it can be uncountable
Collocations
12 patterns- ten minutes
- ten years
- ten years ago
- in ten minutes
- for ten years
- was ten years
- ten thousand yen
- ten dollars
- ten minutes ago
- count to ten
- ten years since
- about ten minutes