tens

Etymology

noun

  1. plural of ten

noun

  1. An inexact quantity, typically understood to be between 20 and 100.
    Our houses are tens of meters apart, so we don't have to worry about noise from our neighbours.
    tens of thousands of voters
  2. (poker slang) A pair of tens.
  3. The second decade of a century: the 1910s, 2010s, etc. The teens, the oneties.

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