What does decade mean?

Definitions for decade
ˈdɛk eɪd; Brit. also dɪˈkeɪddecade

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. decade, decennary, decenniumnoun

    a period of 10 years

  2. ten, 10, X, tenner, decadenoun

    the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system

Wiktionary

  1. decadenoun

    A series or group of ten things.

    a decade of soldiers

  2. decadenoun

    A period of ten years.

  3. decadenoun

    A group of ten days under the French Revolutionary calendar.

  4. decadenoun

    A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.

  5. decadenoun

    The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.

    There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.

Samuel Johnson's Dictionary

  1. Decadenoun

    The sum of ten; a number containing ten.

    Etymology: δέϰα Gr. decas, Latin.

    Men were not only out in the number of some days, the latitude of a few years, but might be wide by whole olympiads, and divers decades of years. Thomas Browne, Vulgar Errours.

    We make cycles and periods of years; as decades, centuries, and chiliads, chiefly for the use of computations in history, chronology, and astronomy. William Holder, on Time.

    All rank’d by ten; whole decades, when they dine,
    Must want a Trojan slave to pour the wine. Alexander Pope, Iliad.

ChatGPT

  1. decade

    A decade is a period of ten years.

Webster Dictionary

  1. Decadenoun

    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

  2. Etymology: [F. dcade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. , fr. de`ka ten. See Ten.]

Freebase

  1. Decade

    A decade is a period of 10 years. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek dekas which means ten. Other words for spans of years also come from Latin: lustrum, century, millennium.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary

  1. Decade

    dek′ād, Decad, dek′ad, n. a group of ten, esp. a series of ten years.—adj. Dec′adal. [Fr. décade—Gr. dekasdeka, ten.]

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British National Corpus

  1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'decade' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #2675

  2. Nouns Frequency

    Rank popularity for the word 'decade' in Nouns Frequency: #756

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of decade in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of decade in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of decade in a Sentence

  1. Alexander Solzhenitsyn:

    Do not pursue what is illusory - property and position all that is gained at the expense of your nerves decade after decade and can be confiscated in one fell night. Live with a steady superiority over life - don't be afraid of misfortune, and do not yearn after happiness it is after all, all the same the bitter doesn't last forever, and the sweet never fills the cup to overflowing.

  2. Andrew Schneider:

    What are man and woman if not members of two very different and warring tribes Yet decade after decade, century after century, they attempt in marriage to reconcile and forge a union. Why I don't know. Biological imperative Divine law Or just a desire to connect to that mysterious other In any case, it's always struck me as a hopeful thing.

  3. President Trump on Friday:

    We’re going to get these bad trade deals straightened out, the jobs and wealth have been stripped from our country, year after year, decade after decade, trade deficit upon trade deficit reaching more than $ 700 billion last year alone and lots of jobs.

  4. Camille Paglia:

    In the theory of gender I began from zero. There is no masculine power or privilege I did not covet. But slowly, step by step, decade by decade, I was forced to acknowledge that even a woman of abnormal will cannot escape her hormonal identity.

  5. Daniel Malchuk:

    At some point in time the copper market will need additional production and probably that is going to happen later in this decade or early in the next decade.

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