Get to know Ten better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning and synonyms like cardinal or tenner.
Ten in a sentence
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Ten meaning
The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
Using Ten
- The main meaning on this page is: The number occurring after nine and before eleven, represented in Arabic numerals (base ten) as 10 and in Roman numerals as X.
- Useful related words include: 10, x, cardinal, tenner.
- In the example corpus, ten often appears in combinations such as: big ten, the ten, top ten.
Context around Ten
- Average sentence length in these examples: 30.7 words
- Position in the sentence: 7 start, 12 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ten
- In this selection, "ten" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 30.7 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, top, best, carries, days, times and feet stand out and add context to how "ten" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include films in ten classic american, revealed its ten top ten, ten years, ten times and ten days. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ten" sits close to words such as parties, understand and competition, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ten
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Below is the top ten, with at least eight contests to pit likely preseason top-ten teams. (17 words)
She told Sunday People: 'I thought it would make it ten times better but it’s made it ten times worse. (21 words)
As a device, the ten-ten-ten is intended to focus the reader on a character while allowing the character to not speak any dialogue. (25 words)
On February 1, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic returned to Iran after 15 years in exile, which marks the start of the Fajr Decade (Ten-Day Dawn) before the Islamic Revolution victory ten days later. (41 words)
The majority were 200 point switches, with twenty verticals and ten levels of three wires, Each select bar carries ten fingers so any of the ten circuits assigned to the ten verticals can connect to either of two levels. (39 words)
The Liberian Catalogue gives his episcopate a length of nine years two months and ten days, while the Liber Pontificalis states it was ten years and the same number of months and days; the Felician Catalogue something over ten. (39 words)
Example sentences (20)
In June 2008, the AFI revealed its " Ten top Ten "—the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres—after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community.
In June 2008, the American Film Institute revealed its " Ten Top Ten " – the best ten films in ten "classic" American film genres – after polling over 1,500 people from the creative community.
The majority were 200 point switches, with twenty verticals and ten levels of three wires, Each select bar carries ten fingers so any of the ten circuits assigned to the ten verticals can connect to either of two levels.
Ten days to wash out what I was doing, ten days of complete rest and be with family and the last ten days to prep for the next role.
The team found that a single bacteria-laden bubble can create ten times more droplets, which are ten times smaller and ejected ten times faster than what a clean bubble can produce.
As a device, the ten-ten-ten is intended to focus the reader on a character while allowing the character to not speak any dialogue.
The Liberian Catalogue gives his episcopate a length of nine years two months and ten days, while the Liber Pontificalis states it was ten years and the same number of months and days; the Felician Catalogue something over ten.
This task took eighteen thousand years, with each day the sky grew ten feet higher, the Earth ten feet wider, and Pangu ten feet taller.
Thus a player could in theory have as many as ten knights, ten bishops, ten rooks or nine queens on the board at the same time.
Around four in ten women said they suffer physical symptoms such as heart palpitations and headaches induced by work anxiety, while six in ten female execs were anxious work pressures had exerted enduring harm on their relationships.
Below is the top ten, with at least eight contests to pit likely preseason top-ten teams.
But Premier League chiefs would still have to complete the Owners’ and Directors’ Test which takes around ten days — meaning Ten Hag’s hands may be tied for at least another two weeks.
Four in ten (41%) of that better separation for vehicles on roads would improve safety, with three in ten (31%) saying that reduced speed limits would also help.
Guardiola and Ten Hag – FA Cup final rivals on Saturday – worked for two years together in Munich, Guardiola as first-team manager, Ten Hag looking after the reserves.
Holgate’s departure left his team-mates to scrap out the final ten minutes plus stoppage time with only ten men and Dyche constantly looking at his watch waiting for the final whistle.
In fact, the poll of 750 children in this age group found that just four in ten feel they understand what global warming is – despite seven in ten claiming to worry about the future of the planet.
Old Testament writers or translators stopped at the number ten and by deduction we can say the cities hosted righteous persons below the number ten to have compelled God to wave total destruction.
One investment analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, ten have issued a hold rating and ten have issued a buy rating to the company’s stock.
On February 1, 1979, Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini, the late founder of the Islamic Republic returned to Iran after 15 years in exile, which marks the start of the Fajr Decade (Ten-Day Dawn) before the Islamic Revolution victory ten days later.
She told Sunday People: 'I thought it would make it ten times better but it’s made it ten times worse.
Phrases with ten
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with ten
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- big ten 43×
- the ten 23×
- top ten 22×
- of ten 20×
- ten years 18×
- in ten 17×
- and ten 17×
- ten times 12×
- ten days 11×
- ten have 11×