1. plural of ten; the numbers from 10 to 19, or the decade from 10 to 19 in a person’s age or in a century
2. ten-dollar bills or other items with a value of ten
3. the tens place in a number system; the second digit from the right in a whole number
Usage: mathematics

Examples

• She’s in her tens, probably around thirteen years old.
• The temperature will be in the tens today.
• He paid with two tens and a five.
• I need some tens from the cash register.
• In the number 47, the 4 is in the tens place.
• The tens digit in 385 is 8.
• Temperatures in the teens and tens are expected this week.