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How to pronounce decade in English?

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Type Words
Synonyms 10, ten, tenner, x
Type of large integer
Type Words
Synonyms decennary, decennium
Type of time period, period of time, period
Has types 1770s, 1780s, 1790s, 1820s, 1830s, 1840s, 1850s, 1860s, 1870s, 1880s, 1890s, 1900s, 1920s, 1930s, 1940s, 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, eighties, fifties, forties, nineties, 1530s, 1750s, 1760s, seventies, sixties, thirties, twenties

Examples of decade

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In fact, Hill added, there's been a spike in throat cancer over the last decade.
From the abcnews.go.com
Originally from Mexico, she has been in Alton and then St. Louis about a decade.
From the stltoday.com
State spending on Missouri higher education is down from levels of a decade ago.
From the stltoday.com
Nearly half the nation's independent book stores have closed in the past decade.
From the thenewstribune.com
The wolf issue has been a concern for Eastern Oregonians for more than a decade.
From the thenewstribune.com
Placer and Yolo County arrests remained fairly consistent throughout the decade.
From the sacbee.com
A decade ago Swan Creek was under-performing, so library leaders re-imagined it.
From the thenewstribune.com
Buffett has relied on Sokol as a manager and a dealmaker for more than a decade.
From the bloomberg.com
The American funds, to their credit, launch a new fund about every decade or so.
From the usatoday.com
More examples
  • A period of 10 years
  • Ten: the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
  • A decade is a period of ten years. The word is derived (via French) from the Ancient Greek dekas which means ten.
  • The following is a list and description of Beanie Babies made by Ty, Inc. This list is heavily incomplete.
  • Decade (Live at the El Mocambo) is the first live CD/DVD from the Ontario post-hardcore band Silverstein, released on June 8, 2010. On April 23, 2010, the band announced through their official Facebook page that the live album was to be released on June 8, 2010. ...
  • One decade is a factor of 10 difference between two numbers (an order of magnitude difference) measured on a logarithmic scale. It is especially useful when referring to frequencies and when describing frequency response of electronic systems, such as audio amplifiers and filters.
  • Decade is a triple album compilation by Neil Young, released in 1977, now available on two compact discs. It contains 35 of Young's songs recorded between 1966 and 1976, among them five tracks that had been unreleased up to that point. It peaked at #43 on the Billboard Top Pop Albums chart.
  • Decade also known by the name of Ten-Twenty-Thirty is a solitaire card game played with a traditional 52 card deck that is akin to another solitaire game called Accordion. Like Accordion, it is traditionally played with the cards in a line. ...
  • A Decade is Canadian alternative rock band Our Lady Peace's first compilation album, released on November 21, 2006 in Canada, and November 28, 2006 in the United States. ...