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ten
Determiner
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(ordinal tenth) The number 10.
We have ten fingers and ten toes.
ten
Noun
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The number 10.
Two fives is ten.
years
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noun
(= old age, age, eld, geezerhood)
a late time of life
old age is not for sissies
he's showing his years
age hasn't slowed him down at all
a beard white with eld
on the brink of geezerhood
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noun
(= age)
a prolonged period of time
we've known each other for ages
I haven't been there for years and years
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noun
(= days)
the time during which someone's life continues
the monarch's last days
in his final years
after
Preposition
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Later in time.
He came home after Jane did.
The doctor came after the patient had died.