decade
A group, set, or series of ten , particularly
Example
“a decade of soldiers”
Other meanings
A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9.
A period of ten days, particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars.
Related words
- decades-long
- decadeslong
- decadeful
- decadelong
- decadewise
- decadist
- multidecade
- semidecade
- cosmological decade
- decade box
- dollar decade
- decade counter
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "δεκάς".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “decade” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.