decade
UK/ˈdɛkeɪd//ˈdɛkeɪd/
decade noun: a group, set, or series of ten , particularly.
Noun
decade (plural decades)
- A group, set, or series of ten , particularly
- a decade of soldiers
- A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9.
- The 1960s was a turbulent decade.
- I haven’t seen my cousin in over a decade!
- A period of ten days, particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars.
- The year was divided up into twelve months renamed after the seasons [...]; each month comprised three ‘decades’ of ten days – with the décadi replacing Sundays as a day of rest; and each day was reconsecrated to a natural product or farming tool or technique.2002, Colin Jones, The Great Nation, Penguin, published 2003, page 481
- A work in ten parts or books, particularly such divisions of Livy's History of Rome.
- A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer.
- Any of the sets of ten sequential braille characters with predictable patterns.
- A set of ten electronic devices used to represent digits.
- A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.
- The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.
- There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.
decade meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
decade in Hindi
- period of ten years
- दशक daśak
decade in Tamil
- period of ten years
- தசாப்தம் tacāptam
decade in Urdu
- decade
- دشک daśak
- a decade
- دہائی dahāī
More languagesFewer languages
- decade in Bengali
- দশক dośok
- decade in Telugu
- దశాబ్దము daśābdamu, దశాబ్ది daśābdi
- decade in Malayalam
- ദശാബ്ദം daśābdaṁ
- decade in Kannada
- ಹತ್ತುಸೂಳು, ಹತ್ತು ವರ್ಷಗಳ ಅವಧಿ, ದಶಮಾನ
- decade in Punjabi
- ਦਹਾਕਾ dahākā
- decade in Gujarati
- દાયકો dāyako, દસકો dasko
- decade in Odia
- ଦଶନ୍ଧି, ଏକ ଦଶନ୍ଧି
- decade in Assamese
- দশক doxok
- decade in Nepali
- दशक, एक दशक, दशकको
- decade in Tagalog
- sinampu, dekada
- decade in Arabic
- عَقْد ʕaqd
- decade in Malay
- dasawarsa, dekad
- decade in Indonesian
- dasawarsa, dekade, dasarian
- decade in Thai
- ทศวรรษ tót-sà-wát
- decade in Vietnamese
- chục, bộ mười, nhóm mười, thập kỷ
- decade in Myanmar
- ဆယ်စုနှစ် hcaicu.hnac
Examples of decade in a sentence
- Thru May: 1920s — The Decade That Roared.1979 December, “Museums”, in Texas Monthly, volume 7, number 12, page 22:
- Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades.2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, archived from the original...
- We would pick a decade / We wished we could live in instead of this / I'd say the 1830s but without all the racists2024, “I Hate It Here”, in The Tortured Poets Department, performed by Taylor Swift:
- Kaczynski was publicly revealed as the Unabomber more than a decade later, in 1996, when he was captured; before that, he had lived as a recluse in the Montana wilderness.2025 July 16, Daniel Dale, “Fact check: Trump tells fictional story about his uncle and the Unabomber”, in CNN, archived from the original...
Synonyms of decade
Forms of decade
| plural | decades |
|---|---|
| alternative form (archaic) | decad |
Origin of decade
From Middle English decade, from Old French decade, from Late Latin decādem (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás), from δέκα (déka, “ten”). In reference to a span of ten years, originally a clipping of the phrase decade of years. By surface analysis, dec- + -ade. Doublet of decad and dekad.
Words formed from decade
Phrases with decade
Words that rhyme with decade
48 more rhymesFewer rhymes
- blockade
- cade
- fade
- glade
- raid
- upbraid
- abrade
- crusade
- esplanade
- invade
- lade
- unlaid
- upgrade
- brigade
- brocade
- cavalcade
- colonnade
- displayed
- glissade
- grenade
- paid
- palisade
- unlade
- afraid
- ambuscade
- arcade
- corrade
- degrade
- enfilade
- evade
- jade
- lemonade
- made
- maid
- persuade
- pomade
- spade
- unmade
- aide
- cannonade
- carbonade
- carronade
- clade
- cockade
- Dade
- decayed
- dragonnade
- embayed
Questions about decade
- What does decade mean?
- Decade means a group, set, or series of ten , particularly.
- What is decade in Hindi?
- Decade in Hindi is दशक (daśak). See Decade meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use decade in a sentence?
- Thru May: 1920s — The Decade That Roared.
- What part of speech is decade?
- Decade is a noun.
- How do you pronounce decade?
- Decade is pronounced /ˈdɛkeɪd/ (UK).
- What is the plural of decade?
- The plural of decade is decades.
Words near decade in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: decade (page history and authors); decade (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); دشک (Urdu) (page history and authors); decade (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); દસકો (Gujarati) (page history and authors); decade (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); decade (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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