Ten Number Rare Animals Left Sweden’s Top Financial

• there are only ten of these rare animals left.
• ten of sweden’s top financial experts
• twelve people were invited but only ten turned up.
• do you have change for ten dollars?

ten

1. 10
• There are only ten of these rare animals left.
• ten of Sweden’s top financial experts
• Twelve people were invited but only ten turned up.
• Do you have change for ten dollars?
• a ten-month contract
• Look at page ten.
• Ten and two is twelve.
• Two tens are twenty.
• I can't read your writing—is this meant to be a ten?
• The bulbs are planted in sevens or tens (= groups of seven or ten).
• We moved to America when I was ten (= ten years old).
• Shall we meet at ten (= at ten o'clock), then?
2. used to say that somebody has guessed something correctly or done something very well
• Not brilliant, Robyn, but I'll give you ten out of ten for effort.
3. very probably
• Ten to one he'll be late.
4. very common and therefore not valuable
• Teachers of history are ten a penny.

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.