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Ten Number Bre Brilliant Robyn Give Effort He'll

Word ten
WordType (number)
Phonetic BrE / ten / NAmE / ten /
Example
  • not brilliant, robyn, but i'll give you ten out of ten for effort.
  • ten to one he'll be late.
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ten

(number)BrE / ten / NAmE / ten /
  1. 10
  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.

    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.
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