decade

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See also décade, and Dekade

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From Middle English, from Middle French décade, from Late Latin decas '(set of) ten', from Ancient Greek (dekas), from (deka) 'ten'

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Singular
decade

Plural
decades

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.
    'There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.

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a series of ten things
a period of ten years
a series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary
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From French décade, cognate with German Dekade etc.

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decade (plural decades or decaden, diminutive decadetje, diminutive plural decadetjes)

  1. A decade, period of ten years
  2. (history) A décade, 'week' of ten days in the French republican calendar; hence any ten consecutive days
  3. A set of ten book volumes, as part of a larger opus

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decade f. (plural decadi)

  1. A decade, a period of ten days

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decade

  1. third-person singular indicative present of decadere

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