单词 | decade |
释义 | decade[ dek-eyd; British also duh-keyd ] / ˈdɛk eɪd; British also dəˈkeɪd / SEE SYNONYMS FOR decade ON THESAURUS.COM nouna period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806. a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last digit is zero: the decade of the 1980s. a group, set, or series of ten. Origin of decade1425–75; late Middle English <Middle French <Late Latin decad- (stem of decas) <Greek dekad- (stem of dekás) group of ten, equivalent to dék(a) ten + -ad--ade2 OTHER WORDS FROM decadehalf-decade, nounDictionary.com UnabridgedBased on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2020 Example sentences from the Web for decade
British Dictionary definitions for decadedecade / (ˈdɛkeɪd, dɪˈkeɪd) / nouna period of ten consecutive years a group or series of ten Derived forms of decadedecadal, adjectiveWord Origin for decadeC15: from Old French, from Late Latin decad-, decas, from Greek dekas, from deka ten Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012 |
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