decade

IPA: dɛkˈeɪd

A group, set, or series of ten
A period of ten years , particularly such a period beginning with a year ending in 0 and ending with a year ending in 9.
A period of ten days, (history) particularly those in the ancient Egyptian, Coptic, and French Revolutionary calendars.
(literary, archaic) A work in ten parts or books, particularly such divisions of Livy's History of Rome.
(Roman Catholicism) A series of prayers counted on a rosary, typically consisting of an Our Father, followed by ten Hail Marys, and concluding with a Glory Be and sometimes the Fatima Prayer.
Any of the sets of ten sequential braille characters with predictable patterns.
(electronics) A set of ten electronic devices used to represent digits.
(electronics) A set of resistors, capacitors, etc. connected so as to provide even increments between one and ten times a base electrical resistance.
(physics, engineering) The interval between any two quantities having a ratio of 10 to 1.

Examples of "decade" in Sentences

One of the hottest comics of the decade is about to get even hotter!
In this day in age, to be working anywhere for a decade is a real gift.
If this decade is the Facebook decade, then this is the movie of the decade.
Usually, the term decade refers to something like "the Twenties," or "the Sixties."
This decade is the time to fully embrace diversity and demonstrate equal rights to all Americans in this country.
I would say that the probability that several European countries will fall sufficiently far into the idea trap that their standard of living stagnates for more than a decade is about 25 percent over the next forty years.
Did I use the word decade somewhere I am not ware of or is the Al deal where he says I said something I did not say? psst, gmen, just a point of psst, gmen, just a point of order- not everyone is addressing you all the time.