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decade
/ˈdɛkeɪd/
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What does decade mean?
noun
- A group, set, or series of ten , particularly
- A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9.
- A period of ten days, particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars.
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noun
- 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.
- (archaic, literary) A work in ten parts or books, particularly such divisions of Livy's History of Rome.
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IPA pronunciation
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A decade of coming into things has not so much aged him as it has fortified, smoothed, and assured him.
The standard of play of the masses and quality of game of the stars have risen tremendously in the last decade.
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Sluggish economic performance over the past decade, attributable largely to declining annual rainfall, has reduced levels of per capita income and consumption.
But success will come to you in another decade, and we will be able to get something through for your scientific world.
Another author mentions a cretin who could tell exactly the birthdays and death-days of the inhabitants of his town for a decade.