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Word entry · 3 letters

ten

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3 letters · collected on this word page

3 lettersPronunciation /tɛn/Part of speech adjective, nounSorted entStarts with TEnds with N2 cluesVery common crossword word
1T2E3N

Definitions

  1. being one more than nine

Word origin

From Middle English ten, tene, from Old English tīen, from Proto-West Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Germanic *tehun, from Proto-Indo-European *déḱm̥. Cognate with Scots ten, tene (“ten”), West Frisian tsien (“ten”), Saterland Frisian tjoon (“ten”), North Frisian tiin (“ten”). See also teen.

Used in a sentence

  • There is a melody upon the Earth as though ten thousand streams all sang together for their homes that they had forsaken in the hills.
  • A ten frame is a simple graphic tool that allows people to “see” numbers.
  • We divided the chocolates into tens to hand out to Hallowe'en visitors.

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Used as a crossword answer2 curated clues

01Perfect score3 letters
02Number after nine3 letters

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