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10s

10s noun: tens, written as a number but in plural form; a range of the numbers ten (10) to nineteen (19). Also the plural of 10.

Noun

10s pl (plural only)

  1. (plural, plural-only) Tens, written as a number but in plural form; a range of the numbers ten (10) to nineteen (19).
    • Q. 237. Four sixes are how many 24s? 12s? 8s? 6s? 4s? 2s? 1s? 8 fives are how many 10s? 40s? 20s? 5s? 2s? 1s?1850, Roswell Chamberlain Smith, The little federal calculator: consisting of questions and tables to employ ..., page 25
    1. (plural, plural-only) The tens, the second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc.

Also used as

10s is also the plural of 10.

Forms of 10s

alternative form10's

Phrases with 10s

Questions about 10s

What does 10s mean?
10s means tens, written as a number but in plural form; a range of the numbers ten (10) to nineteen (19).
What part of speech is 10s?
10s is a noun.

Words near 10s in the dictionary

  1. 10ber
  2. 10D chess
  3. 10K
  4. 10Ks
  5. 10q
  6. 10s
  7. 10th
  8. 10th Cir.
  9. 10th dentist
  10. 10th dentists
  11. 10th grade

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