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Decade

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.

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Fifties 76% connected

of Fifty

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Forties 76% connected

See Forty.

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Nineties 76% connected

of Ninety

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Seventies 76% connected

of Seventy

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Sixties 76% connected

of Sixty

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Thirties 76% connected

of Thirty

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Twenties 76% connected

of Twenty

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Broader term 1

Period 76% connected

A portion of time as limited and determined by some recurring phenomenon, as by the completion of a revolution of one of the heavenly bodies; a divis…

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Containing whole 1

Century 70% connected

A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things.

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Component part 2

Twelvemonth 70% connected

A year which consists of twelve calendar months.

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Year 70% connected

The time of the apparent revolution of the sun trough the ecliptic; the period occupied by the earth in making its revolution around the sun, called…

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Synonym 3

Decennary 92% connected

A period of ten years.

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Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Decennium 92% connected

A period of ten years.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Ten 92% connected

One more than nine; twice five.

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