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decade


Meanings
  • Noun

    A period of ten years

    - "The roaring twenties was a decade known for its economic prosperity."
    - "We are currently living in the second decade of the 21st century."

Pronunciation




  1. Source: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=75730134"
  2. /dəˈkeɪd/



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Rhymes
Words rhyming with decade
avenue , june , museum , mune , cune , juneau
Variants
List of all variants of decade that leads to same result
decadal , decade , decades , decade-long , decadelong
Etymology
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From the Latin word 'deca' meaning ten and the suffix '-ade' meaning group or period.


Trivia
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  1. A decade is approximately 3652.5 days long.

  2. The term 'decade' was first used in English during the 15th century.

  3. The 1960s and 1970s are sometimes referred to as the 'Me Decade' and the 'Me Generation' decades due to the focus on individualism during those times.


Related Concepts
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  1. epoch: An epoch is a longer period of time, often used to refer to geological time periods or significant historical eras. A decade is a smaller unit of time that falls within an epoch.


Culture
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The term 'decade' is often used to refer to distinct cultural, historical, or social periods. For example, the 'Roaring Twenties' and 'Swinging Sixties' are names given to specific decades based on their unique cultural significance.

How to Memorize "decade"

  1. visualize

    - Visualize a calendar with ten years represented by ten columns.
    - Imagine a clock with the hands moving for ten years.

  2. associate

    - Associate the word 'decade' with the number ten.
    - Think of a decade as a group of ten years.

  3. mnemonics

    - Use the mnemonic 'Ten Years Together' to remember that a decade is a period of ten years.


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