decade

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Decade

decade is on the Academic Word List.

Pronunciation

• enPR: dəkād', dĕk'ād
• IPA ^(key): /dəˈkeɪd/ or /ˈdekeɪd/
• SAMPA: /d@"keId/ or /"dekeId/

• Audio (US)

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Noun

Singular decade

Plural decades

1. A decade is a period of 10 years.

   The 1960s was a decade of great change in North America.