ten (t?n)n.1. The cardinal number equal to 9 + 1.2. The tenth in a set or sequence.3. Something having ten parts, units, or members.4. Games A playing card marked with ten spots.5. A ten-dollar bill.[Middle English, from Old English t?en; see dekm? in Indo-European roots.]ten adj. & pron.American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright © 2016 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.ten (t?n) n1. (Mathematics) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one. It is the base of the decimal number system and the base of the common logarithm. See also number12. (Mathematics) a numeral, 10, X, etc, representing this number3. something representing, represented by, or consisting of ten units, such as a playing card with ten symbols on it4. Also called: ten o’clock ten hours after noon or midnightdeterminera. amounting to ten: ten tigers. b. (as pronoun): to sell only ten. [Old English t?n; related to Old Saxon tehan, Old High German zehan, Gothic taihun, Latin decem, Greek deka, Sanskrit dasa]Collins English Dictionary ? Complete and Unabridged, 12th Edition 2014 © HarperCollins Publishers 1991, 1994, 1998, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2014ten (t?n) n. 1. a cardinal number, nine plus one. 2. a symbol for this number, as 10 or X. 3. a set of this many persons or things. 4. a ten-dollar bill. 5. Also called ten’s place. a. (in a mixed number) the position of the second digit to the left of the decimal point. b. (in a whole number) the position of the second digit from the right. adj. 6. amounting to ten in number. [before 900; Middle English ten(e), tenn(e), Old English t?n(e), t?en(e), c. Old Frisian tian, Old Saxon tehan, Old High German zehan, Old Norse t?u, Gothic taihun, Latin decem, Greek déka, Skt da?a] ten. 1. tenor. 2. Music. tenuto. Random House Kernerman Webster’s College Dictionary, © 2010 K Dictionaries Ltd. Copyright 2005, 1997, 1991 by Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.