one to ten

Common judgment scale

One to ten is a scale for rating intensity, pain, or quality, where one represents the minimum and ten the maximum: On a scale of one to ten, how bad is the pain?

The phrase implies a rough quantification of something subjective.

Someone who dials it up to ten or goes to eleven exceeds normal limits.

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children · kindergarten · sequence · ordinal · first · last · countdown · numerals · Roman numerals · digits · phone number · singular · plural · addition · basic · elementary · recite · number line

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one, seven, ten, once, seventh, tenth, oneness, sevenfold, ninefold

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Everyday, not technical · Rated G