decade : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: decade	by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
decade n a period of 10 years [syn: decade, decennary, decennium] the cardinal number that is the sum of nine and one; the base of the decimal system Synonym(s): ten, 10, X, tenner, decade
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Decade \Dec"ade\, n. [F. d[82]cade, L. decas, -adis, fr. Gr. [?], fr. de`ka ten. See {Ten}.] A group or division of ten; esp., a period of ten years; a decennium; as, a decade of years or days; a decade of soldiers; the second decade of Livy. [Written also {decad}.] During this notable decade of years. --Gladstone.