tens

number/tɛnz/

Frequency rank: #4,867 of 20,003 in the WORDED list (wordfreq data)

Meaning

an unspecified number in the range of ten to ninety-nine, often used in the phrase 'tens of' to mean a large multiple of ten.

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Example sentence

There were tens of thousands of people at the concert last night.

Synonyms & related words

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