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adj
Decennial: of or related to a ten-year period.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: not-comparable
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adj
Alternative form of decenary: of or related to the number ten; containing ten items.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, not-comparable
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adj
Alternative form of decenary: of or related to a tithing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, historical, not-comparable
Topics: law
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noun
A decennium: a period of ten years.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Alternative form of decenary: a tithing.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative, historical
Topics: law
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noun
a period of 10 years
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Synonyms: decade, decennium
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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
From Latin decennis (“decennial, of ten years”) + -ary.
From Medieval Latin decennārius, a variant of decanarius (“containing ten items; related to the number ten”).
From Medieval Latin decennārius, a variant of decēnārius.
