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2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Decade \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d['e]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr Gr ?, fr de`ka ten See {Ten}.] A group or division of ten esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also {decad}.] During this notable decade of years. --Gladstone. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: decade n 1: a period of 10 years [syn: {decennary}, {decennium}] 2: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one the base of the decimal system [syn: {ten}, {10}, {X}, {tenner}]
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