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Decade

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xnoun(social media) An online social media network, formerly known as Twitter.
tennernoun(informal, UK, Ireland) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.
tennounA set or group with ten elements.
decennarynounA decennium: a period of ten years.
decenniumnounSynonym of decade: a ten year period.
10nounEllipsis of perfect 10 (“perfect ten”).

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decennarynounA decennium: a period of ten years.
decenniumnounSynonym of decade: a ten year period.
tennounA set or group with ten elements.
tennernoun(informal, UK, Ireland) A monetary note (bill) whose face value is ten basic units of currency. Originally, a ten-shilling (half pound) note.
xnoun(social media) An online social media network, formerly known as Twitter.
10nounEllipsis of perfect 10 (“perfect ten”).
decennialnounSynonym of decade, a ten-year period.
centurynounA period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
10thAbbreviation of tenth. [The ordinal numeral form of ten; next in order after that which is ninth.]
tenthnounThe person or thing coming next after the ninth in a series; that which is in the tenth position.
dozennounA set of twelve.
1990snounThe period from year 1990 to 1999; almost the same period as the 10th (and last) decade of the 20th century, which, however, was from 1991 to (the end of) year 2000
timenoun(uncountable) The inevitable progression into the future with the passing of present and past events.
periodnoun(now chiefly Canada, US, Philippines) The punctuation mark “.” (indicating the ending of a sentence or marking an abbreviation).
conveneverb(intransitive) To come together; to meet; to unite.
conveningnounAn assembly; a meeting.
holdingnounSomething that one owns, especially stocks and bonds.
contractnounAn agreement between two or more parties, to perform a specific job or work order, often temporary or of fixed duration and usually governed by a written agreement.
yearsnoun(colloquial, hyperbolic) A very long time.
holdnounA grasp or grip.

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