noun
Meaning 1
A group, set, or series of ten , particularly
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- a decade of soldiers
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
decade
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkeɪd/
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Received-Pronunciation, dated: /dəˈkeɪd/
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Canada, General-American: dĕk'ād
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Canada, General-American: dəkād'
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Canada, General-American: /ˈdɛkeɪd/
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Canada, General-American: /dəˈkeɪd/
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California: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
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Australian, New-Zealand: /ˈdekæɪd/
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rhymes with -eɪd
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homophone: decayed (one pronunciation)
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Canada, General-American, Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdɛkəd/
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CMU ARPABET: D EH0 K EY1 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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CMU ARPABET 2: D EH1 K EY0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
A group, set, or series of ten
A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
- The 1960s was a turbulent decade.
- I haven’t seen my cousin in over a decade!
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Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
A group, set, or series of ten
A period of ten days, particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
Meaning 4
A group, set, or series of ten
A work in ten parts or books, particularly such divisions of Livy's History of Rome.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: archaic, literary
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noun
Meaning 5
A group, set, or series of ten
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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: Catholicism, Christianity, Roman-Catholicism
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noun
Meaning 6
A group, set, or series of ten
Any of the sets of ten sequential braille characters with predictable patterns.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Meaning 7
A group, set, or series of ten
A set of ten electronic devices used to represent digits.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 8
A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
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noun
Meaning 9
The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
Examples
- There are decades between 1.8 and 18, between 25 and 250 and between 0.03 and 0.003.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 10
the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: ten, 10, X, tenner
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: large integer
noun
Meaning 11
a period of 10 years
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: decennary, decennium
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: time period, period of time, period
Narrower terms: 1900s, 1530s, twenties, 1920s, 1820s, thirties, 1930s, 1830s, forties, 1940s, 1840s, fifties, 1950s, 1850s, 1750s, sixties, 1960s, 1860s, 1760s, seventies, 1970s, 1870s, 1770s, eighties, 1980s, 1880s, 1780s, nineties, 1990s, 1890s, 1790s
History
Etymology
From Middle English decade, from Old French decade, from Late Latin decādem (“(set of) ten”), from Ancient Greek δεκάς (dekás), from δέκα (déka, “ten”). In reference to a span of ten years, originally a clipping of the phrase decade of years. By surface analysis, dec- + -ade. Doublet of decad and dekad.
Across languages
Translations
167 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Armenian: տասնյակ (tasnyak) — series of ten things
- Breton: degad — series of ten things
- Bulgarian: десятка (desjatka) — series of ten things
- Bulgarian: декада (dekada) — series of ten things
- Catalan: dècada — series of ten things
- Czech: desítka — series of ten things
- Dutch: tiental — series of ten things
- Finnish: dekadi — series of ten things
- Finnish: kymmenikkö — series of ten things
- French: dizaine — series of ten things
- French: décade — series of ten things
- Galician: decena — series of ten things
- German: Dekade — series of ten things
- Gothic: 𐍄𐌹𐌲𐌿𐍃 (tigus) — series of ten things
- Greek: δεκάδα (dekáda) — series of ten things
- Italian: decina — series of ten things
- Northern Kurdish: dehik — series of ten things
- Macedonian: десетка (desetka) — series of ten things
- Malay: dasawarsa — series of ten things
- Polish: dziesiątka — series of ten things
- Portuguese: dezena — series of ten things
- Romanian: decadă — series of ten things
- Russian: деся́ток (desjátok) — series of ten things
- Northern Sami: logis — series of ten things
- Spanish: década — series of ten things
- Swedish: dekad — series of ten things
- Tagalog: sinampu — series of ten things
- Turkish: onlu — series of ten things
- Vietnamese: chục — series of ten things
- Vietnamese: bộ mười — series of ten things
- Vietnamese: nhóm mười — series of ten things
- Walloon: dijhinne — series of ten things
- Yiddish: צענדליק (tsendlik) — series of ten things
- Albanian: dhjetëvjetësh — period of ten years
- Arabic: عَقْد (ʕaqd) — period of ten years
- Aragonese: dezenio — period of ten years
- Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܥܣܲܪܬܵܐ (ʿsārta) — period of ten years
- Armenian: տասնամյակ (tasnamyak) — period of ten years
- Assamese: দশক (doxok) — period of ten years
- Asturian: década — period of ten years
- Asturian: deceniu — period of ten years
- Azerbaijani: onillik — period of ten years
- Basque: hamarkada — period of ten years
- Belarusian: дзесяціго́ддзе (dzjesjacihóddzje) — period of ten years
- Bengali: দশক (dośok) — period of ten years
- Breton: dekved — period of ten years
- Bulgarian: десетилетие (desetiletie) — period of ten years
- Burmese: ဆယ်စုနှစ် (hcaicu.hnac) — period of ten years
- Catalan: dècada — period of ten years
- Catalan: decenni — period of ten years
- Cebuano: napuloan — period of ten years
- Cebuano: dekada — period of ten years
- Cherokee: ᏍᎪᎯᏈ ᏧᏕᏘᏗ (sgohiqui tsudetidi) — period of ten years
- Chinese Mandarin: 十年 (shí nián) — period of ten years
- Chinese Mandarin: 年代 (niándài) — period of ten years
- Czech: desetiletí — period of ten years
- Danish: årti — period of ten years
- Danish: dekade — period of ten years
- Danish: decennium — period of ten years
- Dutch: decennium — period of ten years
- Esperanto: jardeko — period of ten years
- Estonian: aastakümme — period of ten years
- Estonian: kümnend — period of ten years
- Faroese: áratíggju — period of ten years
- Faroese: tíggjuáraskeið — period of ten years
- Finnish: vuosikymmen — period of ten years
- French: décennie — period of ten years
- North Frisian: Jaartiint — period of ten years
- Saterland Frisian: Jiertjaand — period of ten years
- Galician: década — period of ten years
- Galician: decenio — period of ten years
- Georgian: ათი წელი (ati c̣eli) — period of ten years
- Georgian: ათწლეული (atc̣leuli) — period of ten years
- German: Jahrzehnt — period of ten years
- German: Dezennium — period of ten years
- German: Dekade — period of ten years
- German: Jaarzänt — period of ten years
- Greek: δεκαετία (dekaetía) — period of ten years
- Greenlandic: ukiut qulikkuutaat — period of ten years
- Hebrew: עשור (asór) — period of ten years
- Hindi: दशक (daśak) — period of ten years
- Hungarian: évtized — period of ten years
- Icelandic: áratugur — period of ten years
- Ido: yardeko — period of ten years
- Indonesian: dasawarsa — period of ten years
- Indonesian: dekade — period of ten years
- Italian: decennio — period of ten years
- Japanese: 十年 (jūnen) — period of ten years
- Central Kurdish: دەیە (deye) — period of ten years
- Northern Kurdish: dehsal — period of ten years
- Kyrgyz: онжылдык (onjıldık) — period of ten years
- Latin: decas — period of ten years
- Latin: decennium — period of ten years
- Latvian: gadu desmits — period of ten years
- Latvian: desmitgade — period of ten years
- Luxembourgish: Joerzéngt — period of ten years
- Macedonian: деценија (decenija) — period of ten years
- Macedonian: дека́да (dekáda) — period of ten years
- Malay: dekad — period of ten years
- Malay: dasawarsa — period of ten years
- Malayalam: ദശാബ്ദം (daśābdaṁ) — period of ten years
- Manchu: ᠵᡠᠸᠠᠨ ᠠᠨᡳᠶᠠ (juwan aniya) — period of ten years
- Norwegian: tiår — period of ten years
- Norwegian: årti — period of ten years
- Norwegian: dekade — period of ten years
- Norwegian: decennium — period of ten years
- Norwegian: desennium — period of ten years
- Polish: dziesięciolecie — period of ten years
- Polish: dekada — period of ten years
- Portuguese: década — period of ten years
- Portuguese: decênio — period of ten years
- Punjabi: ਦਹਾਕਾ (dahākā) — period of ten years
- Romanian: deceniu — period of ten years
- Romansh: decenni — period of ten years
- Russian: десятиле́тие (desjatilétije) — period of ten years
- Russian: десятиле́тка (desjatilétka) — period of ten years
- Northern Sami: logijahki — period of ten years
- Northern Sami: jahkelogeš — period of ten years
- Sardinian: dècada — period of ten years
- Scottish Gaelic: deichead — period of ten years
- Serbo-Croatian: де̏сетлеће — period of ten years
- Serbo-Croatian: дѐце̄нија — period of ten years
- Serbo-Croatian: dȅsetleće — period of ten years
- Serbo-Croatian: dècēnija — period of ten years
- Slovak: desaťročie — period of ten years
- Slovak: dekáda — period of ten years
- Slovene: desetletje — period of ten years
- Spanish: década — period of ten years
- Spanish: decenio — period of ten years
- Spanish: decenario — period of ten years
- Swahili: mwongo — period of ten years
- Swedish: årtionde — period of ten years
- Swedish: dekad — period of ten years
- Swedish: decennium — period of ten years
- Tagalog: dekada — period of ten years
- Tamil: தசாப்தம் (tacāptam) — period of ten years
- Telugu: దశాబ్దము (daśābdamu) — period of ten years
- Telugu: దశాబ్ది (daśābdi) — period of ten years
- Thai: ทศวรรษ (tót-sà-wát) — period of ten years
- Turkish: onyıl — period of ten years
- Ukrainian: десятилі́ття (desjatylíttja) — period of ten years
- Ukrainian: десятирі́ччя (desjatyríččja) — period of ten years
- Vietnamese: thập kỷ — period of ten years
- Vietnamese: thập niên — period of ten years
- Vietnamese: mười năm — period of ten years
- Volapük: degyel — period of ten years
- Welsh: degawd — period of ten years
- Yiddish: יאָרצענדליק (yortsendlik) — period of ten years
- Zhuang: nienzdaih — period of ten years
- Hawaiian: anahulu — period of ten days
- Indonesian: dasarian — period of ten days
- Italian: decade — period of ten days
- Lithuanian: dešimtãdienis — period of ten days
- Russian: дека́да (dekáda) — period of ten days
- Catalan: dena — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Dutch: tientje — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Finnish: kymmenikkö — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Finnish: dekadi — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- German: Dekade — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Irish: deichniúr — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Italian: decina — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Northern Kurdish: dehik — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Polish: dziesiątka — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Vietnamese: chục — series of prayers counted on a rosary
- Finnish: dekadi — electronics: set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected to provide even increments between one and ten
- Italian: decade — electronics: set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected to provide even increments between one and ten
- Finnish: kertaluokka — physics, engineering: interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1
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