decade
noun
Pronunciation: ˈdɛkeɪd
Definition
A period of ten years.
Examples
The company has been in business for over a decade.
She has been practicing piano since her early decade.
How to Use decade
- a decade (collocation)
- a period of ten years — "The project took a decade to complete."
- decade ago (collocation)
- ten years before the present time — "This technology was science fiction a decade ago."
- decade later (collocation)
- ten years after a specific point in time — "He returned to his hometown a decade later."
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