decade
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- noun
- /ˈdɛkeɪd/
- She's been living here for more than a decade.
- the past decade
- the last decade
- a decade ago
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Watch on YouTubeYou know, what was that decade like for you?
- You know, what was that decade like for you?
- He's going to save me a decade of problems.
- And what will the coming decades bring in this realm?
- And Jeremiah's work at that church for decades was just superb.
- And let's have a multi decade plan to remedy this.
- He worked at JPL for close to a decade before going to EPFL.
- They have shown us for decades who they are.
- He is on the record for decades of being a racist.
- You have learned that this takes a decade to learn.
- And we're talking decades, not single years, right?
- It's been years, probably a decade since his last photo.
- We've had a standing army for decades, maybe for centuries.
- Some stay for decades, well past their childhood.
- I mean, we've had now a decade of data taking at the LHC.
- And that felt like a multi decade problem to go after.
- He hasn't had an interesting idea in a decade, I think.
Examples
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Most curriculum committees have spent the past decade creating comprehensive curriculum maps outlining learning outcomes.
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It's been years, probably a decade since his last photo.
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You know, what was that decade like for you?
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You have learned that this takes a decade to learn.
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And they did all of this in less than a decade, like so.
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And what will the coming decades bring in this realm?
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Border security budgets have ballooned over the past decade, but the results are unclear.
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Instead, he spent most of the decade floundering to establish himself as a top-rank concert artist.
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Russia's international behavior during the last decade has puzzled many U.S. observers.
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She has lived in the same city for over a decade and knows it very well.
Synonyms
A period of ten years
A period of ten years
A period lasting ten years
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Etymology
Decade comes from the old root dec- and the Greek deka, which mean 'ten'. You can see the same root in decimal, so a decade is simply a group of 'ten' years.