US /ˈdɛkæd/ UK /ˈdɛkæd/
noun

Meanings

  1. 1
    noun

    a group or set of ten

    The ancient catalogue was arranged in decads of related entries.

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Synonyms
1 noun · a group or set of ten decadetentenfolddecuple
Word family
Related forms decadedecadal

Etymology

A variant of decade, from Late Latin decas (stem decad-), from Ancient Greek dekás ('group of ten'), from déka ('ten'), from PIE *déḱm̥.

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