Meaning & use
decade
A period of exactly ten consecutive years, often used to describe a specific span such as the 1990s.
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The band has been playing together for nearly a full decade.
Fashion trends from that decade are becoming surprisingly popular again today.
A note on using this word
Decade is often used loosely to mean roughly ten years, not strictly tied to a calendar decade like the 1980s.
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