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Definition of "decade" []

  • A period of ten years. (noun)
  • A group or series of ten. (noun)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

Use "decade" in a sentence
  • "Did I use the word decade somewhere I am not ware of or is the Al deal where he says I said something I did not say? psst, gmen, just a point of psst, gmen, just a point of order- not everyone is addressing you all the time."
  • "Usually, the term decade refers to something like "the Twenties," or "the Sixties.""
  • "If this decade is the Facebook decade, then this is the movie of the decade."