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decade
Meaning: a period of ten years
decade in a sentence
How decade is used in real sentences:
Our school has changed a lot since the last decade, with new labs and a bigger library.
By the end of the decade, the small startup had grown into a company with offices on three continents.
“The bones resemble a creature discovered in the same valley a decade earlier.”
— from the passage Secrets of Red Mesa
Synonyms for decade
Other words for decade — decennium and decennary — carry the same meaning.
- decennium
- decennary
Where it comes from
From Greek deka 'ten'
Word parts
- dec — ten
decade: dec (ten) + -ade (group of)
Memory hook
DECade — DECA means ten, like a DECAthlon has ten events.