Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A period of ten years.
- noun A group or series of ten.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun See
decad .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun A series of ten
Hail Marys in therosary . - noun rare The
interval between any twoquantities having theratio 10 to 1.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun a period of 10 years
- noun the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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Did I use the word decade somewhere I am not ware of or is the Al deal where he says I said something I did not say? psst, gmen, just a point of psst, gmen, just a point of order- not everyone is addressing you all the time.
NY Daily News 2011
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Usually, the term decade refers to something like "the Twenties," or "the Sixties."
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I would say that the probability that several European countries will fall sufficiently far into the idea trap that their standard of living stagnates for more than a decade is about 25 percent over the next forty years.
What is a Collapse?, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty 2009
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If this decade is the Facebook decade, then this is the movie of the decade.
Frank Chi: The Social Network is About Social Upheaval. Forget Everything Else. Frank Chi 2010
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One of the hottest comics of the decade is about to get even hotter!
Marvel Solicitations for January 2008 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News 2009
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This decade is the time to fully embrace diversity and demonstrate equal rights to all Americans in this country.
New year, new mayors 2010
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If this decade is the Facebook decade, then this is the movie of the decade.
Frank Chi: The Social Network is About Social Upheaval. Forget Everything Else. Frank Chi 2010
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If this decade is the Facebook decade, then this is the movie of the decade.
Frank Chi: The Social Network is About Social Upheaval. Forget Everything Else. Frank Chi 2010
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If this decade is the Facebook decade, then this is the movie of the decade.
Frank Chi: The Social Network is About Social Upheaval. Forget Everything Else. Frank Chi 2010
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In this day in age, to be working anywhere for a decade is a real gift.
chained_bear commented on the word decade
Do we have any incipient Words of the Decade lists at all? Just wondering. (I'm not planning to start one.)
December 23, 2009
grantbarrett commented on the word decade
Why, yes! I made one this morning.
December 23, 2009