decade
pronunciation
How to pronounce decade in British English:
UK [ˈdekeɪd]
How to pronounce decade in American English:
US [ˈdekeɪd]
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- Noun:
- a period of 10 years
- the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Word Origin
- decade
- decade: see decimal
- decade (n.)
- mid-15c., "ten parts" (of anything; originally in reference to the books of Livy), from Middle French décade (14c.), from Late Latin decadem (nominative decas), from Greek dekas (genitive dekados) "group of ten," from deka "ten" (see ten). Meaning "period of ten years" is 1590s in English.
Example
- 1. She died a decade later , at forty-five .
- 2. In the last decade , we 've watched parents embrace social media , often too much .
- 3. The rate of foreign investment has soared around tenfold in the past decade .
- 4. The lacklustre performance of equity markets in 2010 is symptomatic of the previous decade .
- 5. The government knew a decade ago that supply would run short in around 2007 .