"tens" meaning in English

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Noun

Rhymes: -ɛnz Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} tens
  1. plural of ten Tags: form-of, plural Form of: ten
    Sense id: en-tens-en-noun--TLa0G~n Categories (other): Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Malay translations Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 29 25 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 30 27 27

Noun

Rhymes: -ɛnz Head templates: {{en-noun|p}} tens pl (plural only)
  1. An inexact quantity or number, typically understood to be between 10 or 20 and 100. Tags: plural, plural-only Synonyms: dozens Translations (plural of 'approximately ten'): dizaine (French) Translations (plural of 'ten'): puluhan (Malay), деся́тки (desjátki) (Russian), деся́тки (desjátky) (Ukrainian), ئونلار (onlar) (Uyghur)
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  2. (poker slang) A pair of tens. Tags: plural, plural-only, slang Categories (topical): Poker Translations (pair of tens): kymppipari (Finnish)
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  3. The period from a year 100x + 10 to a year 100x + 19 (mostly referring to the 1910s or 2010s). The teens, the oneties. Tags: plural, plural-only Categories (topical): Decades Translations (second decade of a century): kymmenluku (Finnish), ათიანები (atianebi) (Georgian), ათიანი წლები (atiani c̣lebi) (Georgian), 10-იანი წლები (10-iani c̣lebi) (Georgian), 10-იანები (10-ianebi) (Georgian), tiotal [neuter] (Swedish), деся́ті (desjáti) (Ukrainian), undegau [masculine, plural] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-tens-en-noun-yKMw5CYb Disambiguation of Decades: 2 23 23 51 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English pluralia tantum, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with Georgian translations, Terms with Malay translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Uyghur translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 5 34 26 35 Disambiguation of English pluralia tantum: 22 24 23 31 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 3 26 28 43 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 33 29 30 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 3 33 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Georgian translations: 15 29 25 31 Disambiguation of Terms with Malay translations: 16 30 27 27 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 3 33 32 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 7 32 28 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 8 32 28 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Uyghur translations: 8 33 29 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 3 33 32 32 Disambiguation of 'second decade of a century': 37 2 61
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    "English nouns",
    "English pluralia tantum",
    "Entries with translation boxes",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛnz",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛnz/1 syllable",
    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Georgian translations",
    "Terms with Malay translations",
    "Terms with Russian translations",
    "Terms with Swedish translations",
    "Terms with Ukrainian translations",
    "Terms with Uyghur translations",
    "Terms with Welsh translations",
    "en:Decades"
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  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "1700s · 1710s · 1720s · 1730s · 1740s · 1750s · 1760s · 1770s · 1780s · 1790s"
    },
    {
      "word": "1800s · 1810s · 1820s · 1830s · 1840s · 1850s · 1860s · 1870s · 1880s · 1890s"
    },
    {
      "word": "1900s · 1910s · 1920s · 1930s · 1940s · 1950s · 1960s · 1970s · 1980s · 1990s"
    },
    {
      "word": "2000s · 2010s · 2020s · 2030s · 2040s · 2050s · 2060s · 2070s · 2080s · 2090s"
    },
    {
      "word": "2100s · 2110s · 2120s · 2130s · 2140s · 2150s · 2160s · 2170s · 2180s · 2190s"
    },
    {
      "word": "2200s · 2210s · 2220s · 2230s · 2240s · 2250s · 2260s · 2270s · 2280s · 2290s"
    },
    {
      "word": "00s · 10s · 20s · 30s · 40s · 50s · 60s · 70s · 80s · 90s"
    },
    {
      "word": "'00s · '10s · '20s · '30s · '40s · '50s · '60s · '70s · '80s · '90s"
    },
    {
      "word": "00's · 10's · 20's · 30's · 40's · 50's · 60's · 70's · 80's · 90's"
    },
    {
      "word": "zeros"
    },
    {
      "word": "zeroes"
    },
    {
      "word": "aughts"
    },
    {
      "word": "noughties"
    },
    {
      "word": "oughts · oneties"
    },
    {
      "word": "tens"
    },
    {
      "word": "teens · twenties · thirties · forties · fifties · sixties · seventies · eighties · nineties"
    },
    {
      "word": "Gay Nineties · Naughty Nineties · Roaring Twenties · Dirty Thirties · Swinging Sixties"
    },
    {
      "word": "10s"
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    {
      "word": "10's"
    }
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        {
          "text": "tens of thousands of voters",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1987, w:Iain M. Banks, “Prologue”, in w:Consider Phlebas:",
          "text": "Several tens of hours out on its first journey, while it was testing its track scanner by focusing back along the route it had taken, the ship registered a single massive annihilation explosion deep behind it, where the factory craft had been.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An inexact quantity or number, typically understood to be between 10 or 20 and 100."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "10",
          "10"
        ],
        [
          "20",
          "20"
        ],
        [
          "100",
          "100"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "dozens"
        }
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      "tags": [
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        "plural-only"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Poker"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A pair of tens."
      ],
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        [
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          "poker"
        ],
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          "slang"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(poker slang) A pair of tens."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "plural",
        "plural-only",
        "slang"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "card-games",
        "poker"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The period from a year 100x + 10 to a year 100x + 19 (mostly referring to the 1910s or 2010s). The teens, the oneties."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "1910s",
          "1910s"
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        [
          "2010s",
          "2010s"
        ],
        [
          "teens",
          "teens"
        ],
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          "oneties",
          "oneties"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛnz"
    }
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    {
      "code": "ms",
      "lang": "Malay",
      "sense": "plural of 'ten'",
      "word": "puluhan"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "desjátki",
      "sense": "plural of 'ten'",
      "word": "деся́тки"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "desjátky",
      "sense": "plural of 'ten'",
      "word": "деся́тки"
    },
    {
      "code": "ug",
      "lang": "Uyghur",
      "roman": "onlar",
      "sense": "plural of 'ten'",
      "word": "ئونلار"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "plural of 'approximately ten'",
      "word": "dizaine"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "pair of tens",
      "word": "kymppipari"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "word": "kymmenluku"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "atianebi",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "word": "ათიანები"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "atiani c̣lebi",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "word": "ათიანი წლები"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "10-iani c̣lebi",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "word": "10-იანი წლები"
    },
    {
      "code": "ka",
      "lang": "Georgian",
      "roman": "10-ianebi",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "word": "10-იანები"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "tiotal"
    },
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "desjáti",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "word": "деся́ті"
    },
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      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "second decade of a century",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ],
      "word": "undegau"
    }
  ],
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}

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