noun
decade
DEH-kayd
noun
1
A period of ten years.
"The band has been touring for over a decade."
"House prices have doubled in the last decade."
2
Any group or set of ten, such as a set of ten prayers counted on a rosary.
"She recited a decade of the rosary before bed."
How to Use Decade
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishTen years, or more loosely, any group of ten things.
Common pairings
over a decade
the last decade
for decades
Word Forms
decades plural
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Etymology
From Old French decade, from Greek dekas, "a set of ten," from deka, "ten."