The person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position. / One of ten equal parts of a whole.

To divide by ten, into tenths.

(sports) A sport played by two players (or four in doubles), who alternately strike the ball over a net using racquets. / (dated) A match in this sport.

(intransitive, dated) To play tennis. / (transitive) To drive backward and forward like a tennis ball.

(grammar, countable) Any of the forms of a verb which distinguish when an action or state of being occurs or exists. / (linguistics, grammar, countable) An inflected form of a verb that indicates tense.

(grammar, transitive) To apply a tense to.

Showing signs of stress or strain; not relaxed. / Pulled taut, without any slack.

(transitive) To make tense. / (intransitive) To become tense.

(chiefly Canada, US) An inexperienced person; a novice. / (historical) A newcomer or arriviste to the region in the American frontier (Old West and Wild West). / (dated) A Boy Scout of the lowest rank.

A likelihood of behaving in a particular way or going in a particular direction; a tending toward. / (politics) An organised unit or faction within a larger political organisation.