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Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary de·cade ETYMOLOGY Middle English, from Middle French décade, from Late Latin decad-, decas, from Greek dekad-, dekas, from deka DATE 15th century 1. a group or set of 10: as a. a period of 10 years b. a division of the rosary that consists primarily of 10 Hail Marys 2. a ratio of 10 to 1 : order of magnitude English Etymology decade mid-15c., "ten parts" (of anything; originally in ref. to the books of Livy), from M.Fr . decade, from L.L. decadem (nom. decas), from Gk. dekas (acc. dekada) "group of ten." Meaning "ten years" is 1590s in English.http://M.Fr Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary-牛津双解-OALD7 ☞ decade dec·ade / 5dekeid; di5keid / noun a period of two years, especially a period such as 1910–1919 or 1990–1999 十年,十年期(尤指一个年代) Oxford Collocations Dictionary for Students of English decade noun ADJ. present | coming, following, next | last, past, preceding, previous, recent DECADE + VERB elapse, go by, pass This decade has passed uneventfully. | begin, open, start This decade began badly for us. | close, end | see sth The past decade has seen a huge rise in the number of computer owners. PREP. during a/the ~, for a/the ~, in a/the ~, over a/the ~, throughout a/the ~, within a/the ~ OLT decade noun ⇨ period Webster's Third New International Dictionary, Unabridged dec·ade \ˈdeˌkād also deˈkād or də̇ˈkād or ˈdekə̇d; the last is most frequent in the sense “division of a rosary” and many who first learned the word in this sense use this pronunciation for all senses; since d and t are identically pronounced in certain intervocalic environments by most U S speakers, some who first learn the word aurally in a context such as “decade of the rosary” originally apprehend the last consonant letter as t and pronounce the word in all its occurrences as if the last consonant letter were t, making the plural for instance ˈdekə̇ts\ noun (-s) Etymology: Middle English, from Middle French décade, from Late Latin decad-, decas, from Greek dekad-, dekas, from deka 1. a. : a group or set of 10 < his prisoners were divided into decades — William Godwin > < a decade of days > < a decade of proposals > < the fourth decade in a history > b. : a period of any 10 years < to last for a decade > especially : a 10-year period beginning with a year ending in 0 (as 1900-1909) < the decade of the twenties runs from January 1, 1920 to December 31, 1929 > c. : one of the periods of a century divided in 10 calendric parts each beginning with a year ending in 1 (as 1901-10) < the third decade of the century runs from January 1, 1921 to December 31, 1930 > d. : a division of the rosary usually consisting of one Our Father and 10 Hail Marys followed by the minor doxology; also : one of the sets of rosary beads used to count these prayers and usually consisting of one large bead and 10 small beads 2. a. : a ratio of 10 to 1 (as in the geometric progression 1, 10, 100, 1000 …) b. : any one of the steps between sets of coils in a resistance box each coil of which has a resistance 10 times that of the corresponding coil in the preceding set |
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