'Decade' definitions:
Definition of 'decade'
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Definition of 'Decade'
From: GCIDE
- Decade \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d['e]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. ?, fr. de`ka ten. See Ten.] 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. [Written also decad.] [1913 Webster]
- During this notable decade of years. --Gladstone. Decadence
Synonyms of 'decade'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abundant year,
- academic year,
- annum,
- Big Dick,
- bissextile year,
- calendar month,
- calendar year,
- century,
- common year,
- day,
- decagon,
- decagram,
- decahedron,
- decaliter,
- Decalogue,
- decameter,
- decare,
- decastere,
- decastyle,
- decasyllable,
- decemvir,
- decemvirate,
- decennary,
- decennium,
- decigram,
- deciliter,
- decimeter,
- decurion,
- defective year,
- fiscal year,
- fortnight,
- hour,
- leap year,
- lunar month,
- lunar year,
- lunation,
- luster,
- lustrum,
- man-hour,
- microsecond,
- millennium,
- millisecond,
- minute,
- moment,
- month,
- moon,
- quarter,
- quinquennium,
- regular year,
- second,
- semester,
- session,
- sidereal year,
- solar year,
- sun,
- ten,
- Ten Commandments,
- tenner,
- term,
- trimester,
- twelvemonth,
- week,
- weekday,
- X,
- year