Definition of 'decade'
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decade in American English
noun
1.
a group of ten
2.
b.
in common usage, a ten-year period beginning with a year 0, as 1920-1929, 1930-1939, etc.
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decade in American English
(ˈdekeid, also Brit dəˈkeid)
noun
1.
a period of ten years
the three decades from 1776 to 1806
3.
a group, set, or series of ten
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Word origin
[1425–75; late ME ‹ MF ‹ LL decad- (s. of decas) ‹ Gk dekad- (s. of dekás) group of ten, equiv. to dék(a) ten + -ad- -ade2]Word Frequency
decade in British English
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Derived forms
decadal (deˈcadal) adjective
Word origin
C15: from Old French, from Late Latin decad-, decas, from Greek dekas, from deka ten
Word Frequency
decade in Electrical Engineering
(dɛkeɪd)
Word forms: (regular plural) decades
noun
(Electrical engineering: Circuits, Communication)
A decade is a range increasing by a factor of 10, such as 0.1-1, 1-10, and 10-100.
A decade is a range of frequencies for which the ratio of the highest frequency to the lowest
is 10.
A decade is a factor of 10 difference between two numbers.
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decade
British English: decade
/ˈdɛkeɪd/ NOUN
A decade is a period of ten years, especially one that begins with a year ending in 0, for example 2000 to 2009.
...the last decade of the twentieth century.
- American English: decade /ˈdɛkeɪd/
- Arabic: عَقْد
- Brazilian Portuguese: década
- Chinese: 十年
- Croatian: desetljeće
- Czech: desetiletí
- Danish: årti
- Dutch: decennium
- European Spanish: década
- Finnish: vuosikymmen
- French: décennie
- German: Jahrzehnt
- Greek: δεκαετία
- Italian: decennio
- Japanese: 十年間
- Korean: 10년간
- Norwegian: tiår
- Polish: dekada
- European Portuguese: década
- Romanian: decadă
- Russian: десятилетие
- Spanish: década
- Swedish: decennium
- Thai: ทศวรรษ, ระยะเวลาสิบปีทศวรรษ
- Turkish: on yıl
- Ukrainian: десятиліття
- Vietnamese: thập niên
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