decade

dec-ade · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A period of ten years.

  2. 2.

    A period of ten years beginning with a year ending in zero.

  3. 3.

    A group or set of ten.

Forms

plural: decades

Related words

See also: century, era, year
Synonyms: ten years

Etymology

From Late Latin decas (genitive decadis), from Greek dekas meaning "a group of ten," from deka "ten."