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English noun: decade

1. decade (time) a period of 10 years


Synonymsdecennary, decennium


Broader (hypernym)period, period of time, time period


Narrower (hyponym)1530s, 1750s, 1760s, 1770s, 1780s, 1790s, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, eighties, eighties, fifties, forties, nineties, nineties, seventies, sixties, thirties, twenties


Part holonymtwelvemonth, year, yr


Part meronymcentury

2. decade (quantity) the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system


Synonyms10, ten, tenner, X


Broader (hypernym)large integer









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