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decades-long

decades-long adjective: lasting multiple decades (i.e. greater than twenty years).

Adjective

decades-long (not comparable)

  1. Lasting multiple decades (i.e. greater than twenty years)

Forms of decades-long

alternative formdecadeslong

Origin of decades-long

From decades + -long.

Questions about decades-long

What does decades-long mean?
Decades-long means lasting multiple decades (i.e. greater than twenty years).
What part of speech is decades-long?
Decades-long is an adjective.

Words near decades-long in the dictionary

  1. decadentism
  2. decadently
  3. decadents
  4. decades
  5. decades young
  6. decades-long
  7. decadescent
  8. decadesful
  9. decadeslong
  10. decadewise
  11. decadic

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