decade

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Noun 1.2.1 Synonyms 1.2.2 Translations 2 Italian 2.1 Noun 2.1.1 Related terms 2.2 Verb form

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• AHD: dəkād', dĕk'ād
• IPA: /dəˈkeɪd/, /ˈdekeɪd/
• SAMPA: /d@"keId/, /"dekeId/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -eɪd

[edit] Noun

decade (plural decades)

1. Any series of ten items.
2. A period of ten years.
3. A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.
4. The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1. For example, there is a decade between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250, and between 0.03 and 0.003.

[edit] Synonyms

• (ten years) decennium

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[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

decade f. (plural decadi)

1. decade, a period of ten days

[edit] Related terms

• deca
• deca-
• decennio (ten years)

[edit] Verb form

decade

1. third-person singular indicative present of decadere