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DECADE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Hypernyms ("decade" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
Sense 2
Meaning:
A period of 10 years
Synonyms:
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Hypernyms ("decade" is a kind of...):
period; period of time; time period (an amount of time)
Meronyms (parts of "decade"):
twelvemonth; year; yr (a period of time containing 365 (or 366) days)
Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "decade"):
1790s (the decade from 1790 to 1799)
1890s; nineties (the decade from 1890 to 1899)
1990s; nineties (the decade from 1990 to 1999)
1780s (the decade from 1780 to 1789)
1880s; eighties (the decade from 1880 to 1889)
1980s; eighties (the decade from 1980 to 1989)
1770s (the decade from 1770 to 1779)
1870s (the decade from 1870 to 1879)
1970s; seventies (the decade from 1970 to 1979)
1760s (the decade from 1760 to 1769)
1860s (the decade from 1860 to 1869)
1960s; sixties (the decade from 1960 to 1969)
1750s (the decade from 1750 to 1759)
1850s (the decade from 1850 to 1859)
1950s; fifties (the decade from 1950 to 1959)
1840s (the decade from 1840 to 1849)
1940s; forties (the decade from 1940 to 1949)
1830s (the decade from 1830 to 1839)
1930s; thirties (the decade from 1930 to 1939)
1820s (the decade from 1820 to 1829)
1920s; twenties (the decade from 1920 to 1929)
1530s (the decade from 1530 to 1539)
1900s (the decade from 1900 to 1909)
Holonyms ("decade" is a part of...):
century (a period of 100 years)
Context examples:
The British made seven attempts to scale Mt. Everest in the previous decades, usually on the North Face from Tibet.
(Everest, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)
They can also differ by time (a few days, years, or decades).
(Ecologic study, NCI Dictionary)
Tests showed that, more than a decade after infection, the survivor retained antibodies against Ebola.
(Experimental Ebola antibody protects monkeys, NIH)
Clinical presentation is often delayed until the fourth or fifth decade when affected individuals may develop headaches, seizures, and focal neurologic deficits.
(Cerebral Arteriovenous Malformation, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)
Clinical signs of the inherited deficiency present within the second decade of life and are consistent with the signs of recurrent systemic infection.
(C5 Deficiency, NCI Thesaurus)
Although it can affect any age, it is more commonly seen in the fourth to sixth decades of life.
(Benign Schwannoma, NCI Thesaurus)
Clinical signs include multiple benign growths of the skin and lungs that begin to manifest in the second or third decade of life.
(Birt-Hogg-Dube syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
But every decade or so, something unpredictable happens: A series of runaway storms breaks out, covering the entire planet in a dusty haze.
(Global Storms on Mars Launch Dust Towers Into the Sky, NASA)
Even more imminent, the White Nile — one of the two main tributaries of the Nile — could lose its source waters in just a decade.
(Environmental change in Africa: Will it lead to a drying Lake Victoria?, National Science Foundation)
Clinical signs usually appear during the first decade and include alacrima, achalasia, autonomic dysfunction and the sequelae of adrenocortical insufficiency: hypoglycemia and hypotension.
(Allgrove Syndrome, NCI Thesaurus)
