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decadelong

decadelong is the alternative spelling of decade-long.

Meaning of decade-long

Adjective

decade-long (not comparable)

  1. Extending over a decade.
    • By 1960, NASA had sketched the outline for a decadelong effort toward unmanned and then manned lunar explorations, as well as sending spacecraft to Venus and Mars.2007 June 11, Jeremy Pearce, “Homer J. Stewart, 91, Aerospace Engineer, Dies”, in New York Times

Origin of decadelong

From decade + -long.

Questions about decadelong

What is decadelong the alternative spelling of?
Decadelong is the alternative spelling of decade-long.

Words near decadelong in the dictionary

  1. Decade Volcano
  2. Decade Volcanoes
  3. decade-long
  4. decadeful
  5. decadefuls
  6. decadelong
  7. decadely
  8. decadence
  9. decadences
  10. decadencies
  11. decadency

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Adapted from Wiktionary: decadelong (page history and authors); decade-long (page history and authors). 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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