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   Dec·ade

   /ˈdeˌkād/

   

   noun

   • 1. a period of ten years: "he taught at the university for nearly a decade"
   • ▪ a period of ten years beginning with a year ending in 0 (or, by another reckoning, 1): "the fourth decade of the nineteenth century"
   • 2. each of the five divisions of each chapter of the rosary: "a local priest led the mourners in a decade of the rosary"

   Word Origin late Middle English (denoting each of ten parts of a literary work): via Old French and late Latin from Greek deka ‘ten’. decade (sense 1) dates from the early 17th century.

   Derivatives

   • 1. decadal adjective

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   How long is a decade?

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   What does decade mean?

   • The basic idea has been around for decades. (Definition of decade from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary © Cambridge University Press) 十年, 年代… 十年, 年代… década, década [feminine]… década, década [feminine]… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! DECADE definition: a period of ten years. Learn more.

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   What is a decade in business?

   • the three decades from 1776 to 1806. the decade of the 1980s. a group, set, or series of ten. Within a decade or so, business schools had begun to teach that the purpose of business is to maximize “shareholder value,” a mantra that eventually rang out from practically every company boardroom.

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   What is the difference between a decade and a century?

   • If “decade” means 10 years and “century” means 100 years, what word means 1000 years? - Quora Answer (1 of 50): It is referred to as a millennium. All these words tend to come from the Latin and relate to groups of roman soldiers. A centurion was a soldier within a group of a hundred soldiers, hence the word “century”.

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   A decade is a group or set of 10, a period of 10 years, or a division of the rosary with 10 Hail Marys. Learn more about the word history, examples, and phrases containing decade from Merriam-Webster.

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   A decade is a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 to 2019. Learn how to use the word decade in different contexts, see collocations and translations, and explore related words and phrases.

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   Decade definition: a period of ten years. See examples of DECADE used in a sentence.

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   A decade is a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 to 2019. Learn more about the meaning, usage and collocations of decade with examples from literature and sources on the web.

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   A decade is a period of ten years. Learn how to use the word decade in different contexts and languages with examples and translations.

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   A decade is a period of ten years, especially a continuous period, such as 1910–1919 or 2000–2009. Learn how to use the word decade in different contexts, with synonyms and pronunciation tips.

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    She was so nervous to see her high school sweetheart at their reunion: it had been a decade (ten years) since she'd seen him at graduation, and she still got butterflies thinking about him. A decade is a period of ten years. Decade contains dec, which is used in words that have to do with tens.