AWL Sublist 7 · Academic Word

decade

/ˈdekeɪd/ Syllables: dec·ade

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Arabic Translation & Context

Synonyms & Antonyms

A period of ten years; often used to describe long-term trends in data.

Synonyms

ten years ten-year period

Antonyms

year moment

Translations

decade in Arabic

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Arabic Meaning

عقد، عشر سنوات

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Easy Explanation (Arabic)

فترة زمنية مدتها عشر سنوات.

Easy Explanation

A decade is ten years. Demographers analyse decade-long trends when studying population change in national census reports.

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Memory TipDec- suggests ten — a decade spans ten years.

Contextual Examples

Enrollment grew steadily over the past decade according to the institutional research office.

Climate records span more than a decade of temperature readings from coastal monitoring stations.

The archive documents faculty publications decade by decade since the university was founded.

Word Families & Pronunciation

PART OF SPEECH	FORM
noun	decades
adjective	decadal