What does “decade” mean?
- 1
nouna period of ten years
Prices have doubled over the last decade.
Decade at a glance
- Part of speech
- noun
- CEFR level
- B1 (intermediate)
- Pronunciation
- /ˈdɛkeɪd/ · DEK-ayd
Common phrases with “decade”
- for decades
- the past decade
- a decade ago
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