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decade
[ dek-eyd; British also duh-keyd ]
noun
- a period of ten years:
the three decades from 1776 to 1806.
- a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last digit is zero:
the decade of the 1980s.
- a group, set, or series of ten.
decade
/ dɪˈkeɪd; ˈdɛkeɪd /
noun
- a period of ten consecutive years
- a group or series of ten
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Derived Forms
- deˈcadal, adjective
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Other Words From
- half-decade noun
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Word History and Origins
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Word History and Origins
Origin of decade1
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Example Sentences
Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.
Who are some younger popular historians that you think will be a lot better known a decade from now?
Who knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”
And black fury toward cops today is fueled by historic economic disparities and by the economic disaster of the past decade plus.
Beyoncé has, for close to a decade now, been a deity in entertainment: untouchable, successful, divine.
During the past decade, the population of three cities has been materially increased through annexation.
Approximately 216,900 persons became residents of Virginia during this decade.
We do not know when Chrétien wrote the Erec, but it was almost certainly some time in the decade 1150-60.
The advancing sand gradually crept into the hamlet, and in the course of a decade dispossessed the people by burying their houses.
He lived indeed through its first decade, but his active life was over before it began.
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