ALL meanings of decade
dec·ade
D d - countable noun decade A decade is a period of ten years, especially one that begins with a year ending in 0, for example 1980 to 1989. 3
- noun decade a period of ten consecutive years 3
- noun decade a group or series of ten 3
- noun decade a group of ten 3
- noun decade a period of ten years; esp., in the Gregorian calendar 3
- noun decade a ten-year period beginning with the year 1, as 1921-1930, 1931-1940, etc. 3
- noun decade in common usage, a ten-year period beginning with a year 0, as 1920-1929, 1930-1939, etc. 3
- noun decade a division of the rosary consisting of one large bead and ten small beads 3
- noun decade A decade is a factor of 10 difference between two numbers. 3
- noun decade A period of ten years. 1
- noun decade a period of ten years: the three decades from 1776 to 1806. 1
- noun decade a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last digit is zero: the decade of the 1980s. 1
- noun decade a group, set, or series of ten. 1
- noun decade 10 years 1
- noun decade historical period: 0-10 years 1
- noun decade A series or group of ten things. 0
- noun decade An historical period of the ten years in which the beginning year ended in "0" and the ending year ended in "9". 0
- noun decade Any given period of ten years. 0
- noun decade (French historical) In the French Revolutionary calendar, a group of ten days. 0
- noun decade (Roman Catholicism) A series of ten Hail Marys in the rosary. 0
- noun decade (physics, engineering) The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1. 0