Definitions for decade

decade dec·ade

Spelling: [dek-eyd; British also duh-keyd]
IPA: /ˈdɛk eɪd; British also dəˈkeɪd/

Decade is a 6 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 10 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 11 points.

You can make 51 anagrams from letters in decade (acddee).

Definitions for decade

noun

  1. a period of ten years:
  2. a period of ten years beginning with a year whose last digit is zero:
  3. a group, set, or series of ten.

Origin of decade

1425-75; 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- Examples for decade

Beyoncé has, for close to a decade now, been a deity in entertainment: untouchable, successful, divine.

From decade to decade distinct advances of the frontier occurred.

Yet for a vivid decade or so, sleaze was, somewhat paradoxically, a force for literacy and empowerment.

The decade of the forties was also the period of Iowa's rapid increase.

This period, beginning with 1840, has been styled "a memorable decade" in the history of Parliament.

In a decade of our time, we had pillaged Kygpton of every particle of Sthalreh.

Who knew that “we shall overcome” meant “we, the few, shall book covers every decade or so, maybe, sometimes, if we are in style.”

Who are some younger popular historians that you think will be a lot better known a decade from now?

For over a decade, those trying to make better sunscreen found a roadblock at the Food and Drug Administration (FDA).

North Dakota's development was greatest in the decade prior to 1890.

Word Value for decade
Scrable

10

Words with friends

11

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