Entry 3 senses · 2 variants Webster, 1913 Ten /(tĕn)/ · IPA /tɛn/ a. n. 01 a. One more than nine; twice five. 1. One more than nine; twice five. “With twice ten sail I crossed the Phrygian Sea.” — Dryden. “There 's a proud modesty in merit, Averse from begging, and resolved to pay Ten times the gift it asks.” — Dryden. 02 n. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects. 1. The number greater by one than nine; the sum of five and five; ten units of objects. “I will not destroy it for ten's sake.” — Gen. xviii. 32. 2. A symbol representing ten units, as 10, x, or X. See: x, X