About The Word Decade
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Decade
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What's The Definition Of Decade?
[n] the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
[n] a period of 10 years Synonyms | Synonyms for Decade: 10 | decennary | decennium | ten | tenner | X Related Terms | Find terms related to Decade: abundant year | academic year | annum | Big Dick | bissextile year | calendar month | calendar year | century | common year | day | decagon | decagram | decahedron | decaliter | Decalogue | decameter | decare | decastere | decastyle | decasyllable | decemvir | decemvirate | decennary | decennium | decigram | deciliter | decimeter | decurion | defective year | fiscal year | fortnight | hour | leap year | lunar month | lunar year | lunation | luster | lustrum | man-hour | microsecond | millennium | millisecond | minute | moment | month | moon | quarter | quinquennium | regular year | second | semester | session | sidereal year | solar year | sun | ten | Ten Commandments | tenner | term | trimester | twelvemonth | week | weekday | X | year See Also | 1530s | 1750s | 1760s | 1770s | 1780s | 1790s | 1820s | 1830s | 1840s | 1850s | 1860s | 1870s | 1880s | 1890s | 1900s | 1920s | 1930s | 1940s | 1950s | 1960s | 1970s | 1980s | 1990s | century | eighties | fifties | forties | large integer | nineties | period | period of time | seventies | sixties | thirties | time period | twelvemonth | twenties | year | yr Decade In Webster's Dictionary \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d['e]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. ?,
fr. de`ka ten. See {Ten}.]
A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a
decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of
soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also {decad}.]
During this notable decade of years. --Gladstone.
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