Dictionary entry details
• DECADE (noun)
Meaning:
A period of 10 years
Classified under:
Nouns denoting time and temporal relations
Synonyms:
decade; decennary; decennium
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"):
1900s (the decade from 1900 to 1909)
1760s (the decade from 1760 to 1769)
1970s; seventies (the decade from 1970 to 1979)
1870s (the decade from 1870 to 1879)
1770s (the decade from 1770 to 1779)
1980s; eighties (the decade from 1980 to 1989)
1880s; eighties (the decade from 1880 to 1889)
1780s (the decade from 1780 to 1789)
1990s; nineties (the decade from 1990 to 1999)
1890s; nineties (the decade from 1890 to 1899)
1790s (the decade from 1790 to 1799)
1860s (the decade from 1860 to 1869)
1960s; sixties (the decade from 1960 to 1969)
1530s (the decade from 1530 to 1539)
1920s; twenties (the decade from 1920 to 1929)
1820s (the decade from 1820 to 1829)
1930s; thirties (the decade from 1930 to 1939)
1830s (the decade from 1830 to 1839)
1940s; forties (the decade from 1940 to 1949)
1840s (the decade from 1840 to 1849)
1950s; fifties (the decade from 1950 to 1959)
1850s (the decade from 1850 to 1859)
1750s (the decade from 1750 to 1759)
Holonyms ("decade" is a part of...):
century (a period of 100 years)
Meaning:
The cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system
Classified under:
Nouns denoting quantities and units of measure
Synonyms:
10; ten; tenner; X; decade
Hypernyms ("decade" is a kind of...):
large integer (an integer equal to or greater than ten)
