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Word: decade (lookup usage) (lookup stats)


Meaning:

Noun:

  • Any series of ten items.
  • A period of ten years.
  • A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary.
  • rare The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.
  • ''(when referring to a named or numbered decade)'' Specifically, a period of ten years, beginning on January 1 of a year ending with a zero when written, and ending at midnight on December 31 of the year nine years later.

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