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- Dictionarydecade/ˈdɛkeɪd/
noun
- 1. a period of ten years: "he taught at the university for nearly a decade"
- 2. each of the five divisions of each chapter of the rosary: "a local priest led the mourners in a decade of the rosary"
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a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 to 2019. Examples. Air traffic has increased 30% in the last decade. They predict that a large earthquake will strike the east coast before the end of the decade. Environmental awareness has increased dramatically over the past decade.
The meaning of DECADE is a group or set of 10. How to use decade in a sentence. a group or set of 10 : such as; a period of 10 years; a division of the rosary that consists primarily of 10 Hail Marys…
a period of ten years, especially a period such as 2010 to 2019. Examples. Air traffic has increased 30% in the last decade. They predict that a large earthquake will strike the east coast before the end of the decade. Environmental awareness has increased dramatically over the past decade.
A decade is a period of ten years, especially one that begins with a year ending in 0, for example 2000 to 2009.
Decade definition: a period of ten years. See examples of DECADE used in a sentence.
a period of ten years. Examples. This decade has seen huge technological advances. Crime in the city has increased during the past decade. The firm will invest £1 billion over the next decade. For over a decade I lived with this knowledge. The basic idea has been around for decades.
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.
1. a period of ten years. 2. a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last digit is zero: the decade of the 1990s. 3. a set or series of ten. [1425–75; < Middle French < Late Latin decad-, s. of decas < Greek dekás group of ten = dék (a) ten + -as .]
a period of ten years, especially a continuous period, such as 1910–1919 or 2000–2009. the early decades of the nineteenth century. The nineties were a decade of rapid advances. a career spanning five decades.
DECADE meaning: 1 : a period of 10 years; 2 : a 10-year period beginning with a year ending in 0.
