decade
/ˈdɛkeɪd/
A group, set, or series of ten; A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9
- plural
- decades
Meanings
- 1
A group, set, or series of ten; A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9
This has been going on for several decades.
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How many decades have you lived in this house?
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- 2
A group, set, or series of ten , particularlyrare
- 3
A group, set, or series of ten; A period of ten days, particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendarsrare
- 4
A group, set, or series of ten; A work in ten parts or books, particularly such divisions of Livy's History of Romerare
- 5
A group, set, or series of ten; A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayerrare
- 6
A group, set, or series of ten; Any of the sets of ten sequential braille characters with predictable patternsrare
- 7
A group, set, or series of ten; A set of ten electronic devices used to represent digitsrare
- 8
A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistancerare
- 9
The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1rare