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PRONUNCIATION OF DECENNIAL

decennial  [dɪˈsɛnɪəl] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECENNIAL

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decennial can act as a noun and an adjective.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES DECENNIAL MEAN IN ENGLISH?

decennial

Anniversary

An anniversary is a day that commemorates or celebrates a past event that occurred on the same date of the year as the initial event. For example, the first event is the initial occurrence or, if planned, the inaugural of the event. One year later would be the first anniversary of that event. The word was first used for Catholic feasts to commemorate saints.

Definition of decennial in the English dictionary

The first definition of decennial in the dictionary is lasting for ten years. Other definition of decennial is occurring every ten years. Decennial is also a tenth anniversary or its celebration.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECENNIAL


biennial
baɪˈɛnɪəl
centennial
sɛnˈtɛnɪəl
duodecennial
ˌdjuːəʊdɪˈsɛnɪəl
octennial
ɒkˈtɛnɪəl
perennial
pəˈrɛnɪəl
postmillennial
ˌpəʊstmɪˈlɛnɪəl
premillennial
ˌpriːmɪˈlɛnɪəl
quadrennial
kwɒˈdrɛnɪəl
quadricentennial
ˌkwɒdrɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl
quadriennial
ˌkwɒdrɪˈɛnɪəl
quindecennial
ˌkwɪndɪˈsɛnɪəl
quinquennial
kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəl
semicentennial
ˌsɛmɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl
septennial
sɛpˈtɛnɪəl
sesquicentennial
ˌsɛskwɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl
sexennial
sɛkˈsɛnɪəl
tercentennial
ˌtɜːsɛnˈtɛnɪəl
tricentennial
ˌtraɪsɛnˈtɛnɪəl
triennial
traɪˈɛnɪəl
vicennial
vɪˈsɛnɪəl

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECENNIAL

decenary
decencies
decency
decennaries
decennary
decennia
decennially
decennium
decennoval
decent
decenter
decently
decentness
decentralisation
decentralise
decentralist
decentralization
decentralize
decentralized processing
decentre

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECENNIAL

bicentennial
bimillennial
ceremonial
colonial
congenial
cranial
denial
extracranial
finial
genial
hardy perennial
intracranial
matrimonial
millennial
multimillennial
patrimonial
quatercentennial
quincentennial
testimonial
venial

Synonyms and antonyms of decennial in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decennial» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECENNIAL

Find out the translation of decennial to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of decennial from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «decennial» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

十年一次
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

decenal
570 millions of speakers

English

decennial
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

दस वर्ष
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

العشرية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

десятилетняя
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decenal
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পরপর দশ
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décennal
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Dekad
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zehnjährig
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

10年間の
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

십년
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decennial
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

khoảng mười năm
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பத்து ஆண்டுகள் கொண்ட
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दशकात
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

onuncu yıldönümü
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decennale
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

co dziesięć lat
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

десятирічна
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

decenal
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

δεκαετή
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

tienjarige
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

byggfels
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decennial
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decennial

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECENNIAL»

The term «decennial» is normally little used and occupies the 111.487 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECENNIAL» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «decennial» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «decennial» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about decennial

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECENNIAL»

Discover the use of decennial in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decennial and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning: Case ...
These proceedings document the second Conference on Decennial Census Data for Transportation Planning to be held since the 1990 census. It is the fifth in a series of related conferences (1970, 1973, 1984, and 1994).
‎1997
2
Decennial Census: Overview of Historical Census Issues
It is organized by decennial census concepts and discusses critical issues that emerged during decennial censuses as far back as 1790.
J. Christopher Mihm, 1998
3
Decennial Digest, American Digest System
The Eleventh Decennial Digest, Part 1 covers the years 1996-2001 and begins the Eleventh Unit of the American Digest System. This Digest employs the unique KEY NUMBER classification, universally recognized as the standard ...
4
Decennial census: 1995 test census presents opportunities to ...
THE 1995 TEST CENSUS HAS COST IMPLICATIONS FOR THE 2000 DECENNIAL CENSUS In 1990, the Bureau estimated that if the census-taking approach did not change, the 2000 Decennial Census could cost about $4.8 billion.
William Martin Hunt, United States. General Accounting Office, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Census, Statistics, and Postal Personnel, 1994
5
The Decennial Census, 1915
This is a pre-1923 historical reproduction that was curated for quality. Quality assurance was conducted on each of these books in an attempt to remove books with imperfections introduced by the digitization process.
Charles Ferris Gettemy, Bure Massachusetts Bureau of Statistics, 2009
6
2010 Census: Plans for Decennial Census Operations and ...
The Bureau has since issued a redesigned plan to conduct a paper-based follow-up operation, a 2010 Census project schedule, and is working on revising the FDCA contract. These are major changes late in the decennial census cycle.
Matthew J. Scire, 2009
7
Planning the Decennial Census: Interim Report
There are some advantages of an administrative records-based population program, a program including a decennial census and intercensal estimates. The main advantage for small-area data users would be timeliness: estimates would be ...
‎1993
8
Information Technology: Census Bureau Needs to Improve its ...
The Bureau's core activities include conducting decennial, economic, and government censuses, conducting demographic and economic surveys, managing international demographic and socioeconomic databases, providing technical ...
9
2010 Decennial Census: Background and Issues
The OIG report acknowledged that the Bureau had taken important actions, such as management changes and better oversight, to address these problems, but stated that “significant risks remain for the 2010 decennial.”26 Similarly, the ...
Jennifer D. Williams (au)
10
Decennial census: preliminary 1990 lessons learned indicate ...
the scope of information needed from the decennial census include the following: What, if any, short form housing data should be collected on a sample basis? What, if any, of the socioeconomic data currently included on the long form could  ...
L. Nye Stevens, United States. General Accounting Office, United States. Congress. House. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Subcommittee on Census and Population, 1990

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECENNIAL»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decennial is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Donald Trump's false comments connecting Mexican immigrants …
That disparity in incarceration rates has been consistent in the decennial Census since 1980, the report says. The trend holds when comparing ... «Washington Post, Jul 15»
2
Supreme Court gives elections back to the people
To comply with this decision, after each decennial census, states reapportion congressional and legislative districts if there have been ... «Deseret News, Jul 15»
3
Appendix D: About the Surveys
... parameters from the 2013 Census Bureau's American Community Survey and population density to parameters from the Decennial Census. «Pew Research Center, Jul 15»
4
Citizenship a milestone on an immigrant's journey
The 1850 decennial census first reported data on the nativity of the U.S. population. That year, there were 2.2 million immigrants, representing ... «OCRegister, Jul 15»
5
Census hopes mobile approach works in 2020
... up for the massive 2020 count, and has pledged to cut costs and avoid the IT contracting mistakes that afflicted the 2010 decennial census. «FCW.com, Jul 15»
6
#dnaEdit: SECC data gives a reality check
It was decided that the exercise of caste enumeration will not be done along with the general decennial census. The BJP government should ... «Daily News & Analysis, Jul 15»
7
Democrats Make Advances, but House Still Proves Elusive
... at the congressional and state legislative levels, positioned the party to dominate the redistricting process that followed the decennial census ... «New York Times, Jul 15»
8
Aging Together: White House Conference on Aging approaches
Given Congress's lack of interest in convening the decennial event, I'm concerned about national leadership around the issues. You can follow ... «MLive.com, Jul 15»
9
Supreme Court gives Colorado a green light to fix redistricting
Although Colorado's General Assembly conducts the decennial redistricting, the state does employ an independent commission to handle its ... «The Denver Post, Jul 15»
10
Nuclear knowledge cannot be eradicated
I have noticed a disturbing pattern as each decennial anniversary of the nuclear attack passes: Western media and intelligentsia indulge in a ... «Delta-Optimist, Jul 15»

REFERENCE
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