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Meaning of "decennium" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD DECENNIUM

From Latin, from decem ten + annus year.
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PRONUNCIATION OF DECENNIUM

decennium  [dɪˈsɛnɪəm] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF DECENNIUM

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Decennium is a noun.
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.

WHAT DOES DECENNIUM MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Decade

A decade is a period of 10 years. The word is derived from the Ancient Greek dekas which means ten. Other words for spans of years also come from Latin: biennium, triennium, quadrennium, quinquennium, lustrum, century, millennium.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH DECENNIUM


aluminium
ˌæljʊˈmɪnɪəm
ammonium
əˈməʊnɪəm
biennium
baɪˈɛnɪəm
condominium
ˌkɒndəˈmɪnɪəm
geranium
dʒɪˈreɪnɪəm
germanium
dʒɜːˈmeɪnɪəm
ingenium
ɪŋˈɡɛnɪəm
millennium
mɪˈlɛnɪəm
omnium
ˈɒmnɪəm
pandemonium
ˌpændɪˈməʊnɪəm
quadrennium
kwɒˈdrɛnɪəm
quadriennium
ˌkwɒdrɪˈɛnɪəm
quinquennium
kwɪnˈkwɛnɪəm
roentgenium
rɒntˈɡɛnɪəm
selenium
sɪˈliːnɪəm
septennium
sɛpˈtɛnɪəm
titanium
taɪˈteɪnɪəm
triennium
traɪˈɛnɪəm
uranium
jʊˈreɪnɪəm
zirconium
zɜːˈkəʊnɪəm

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE DECENNIUM

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

WORDS THAT END LIKE DECENNIUM

actinium
asplenium
bimillennium
conium
cranium
delphinium
einsteinium
euphonium
gadolinium
harmonium
helenium
Iconium
neptunium
pandaemonium
phosphonium
plutonium
rose geranium
ruthenium
stramonium
the millennium

Synonyms and antonyms of decennium in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «decennium» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF DECENNIUM

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Translator English - Chinese

DECENNIUM
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

Decennium
570 millions of speakers

English

decennium
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

decennium
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

عقد عشر سنوات
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

decennium
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

decênio
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

decennium
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

décennie
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Decennium
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Dezennium
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

10年間
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

decennium
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Decennium
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

decennium
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பத்து ஆண்டுக் காலம்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

दशमांश
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

on yıllık süre
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

decennio
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

decennium
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

decennium
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

deceniul
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

decennium
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

decennium
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

decenniet
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

decennium
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of decennium

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «DECENNIUM»

The term «decennium» is regularly used and occupies the 101.561 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «DECENNIUM» OVER TIME

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

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «DECENNIUM»

Discover the use of decennium in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to decennium and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Captive's Position: Female Narrative, Male Identity, and ...
The text of Decennium Luctuosum used here is collected in Narratives of the Indian Wars, ed. Charles H. Lincoln (New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1913), 276-77. 4. Cotton Mather, Decennium Luctuosum, 182, Lincoln's translation. 5.
Teresa A. Toulouse, 2011
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The Salem Witch Trials: A Day-by-day Chronicle of a ...
Candy examination, SWP 179; Hale, 80-81. 13. Hutchinson, 2:26. 14. SWP 592- 593. 15. Calef, Burr, 358-359, 388. 16. Council. 181-182. 17. Hale, 80. 18. SWP 848. 19. Acts, 1:35-36; C. Mather, "Brand," 269-270. 261; C. Mather, Decennium,  ...
Marilynne K. Roach, 2004
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Studien Zum Antiken Sudan: Akten Der 7. Internationalen ...
From the remaining 30% of adults, most (16.1%) died already in the third decennium, followed by 10.1% who survived into the fourth and only 2.7% and 1.1% into the fifth and sixth decennia respectively. Sexed individuals aged 15 and more ...
Steffen Wenig, 1999
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Votes & Proceedings
In the succeeding decennium 1871-80, the sanitary measures which I have described in the introduction, began to produce their expected effects in the reduction of the death-rate from fever; but as the great extending and consolidating Health ...
New South Wales. Parliament. Legislative Council, 1803
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Rustic Warriors: Warfare and the Provincial Soldier on the ...
Belknap, The History ofNew Hampshire, 131–32; Mather, Decennium Luctuosum , 269–70; Drake, Border Wars ofNew England, 182–83, 189; Sylvester, Indian Wars ofNew England, Vol. III, 359. Captain James Converse pursued one raiding  ...
Steven Eames, 2011
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Monasticon Anglicanum
I о 20 Dt fiuceßone Abbat unu ESt hie feiend um quod contra ufu m aliorum monafteriorum hujufmodi ordinis, obferva- tur confuetudo in monaiberio Furnefii lolum illos nominare St pronunciare abbaces in mortuario iuo qui per decennium  ...
Roger Dodsworth, 1655
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A Centre of Wonders: The Body in Early America
Hannah. Duston's. Bodies. Domestic. Violence. and. Colonial. Male. Identity. in. Cotton. Mather's. Decennium. Luctuosum. TERESA A. TOULOUSE vJn March 15, 1697, Hannah Duston, wife of Thomas Duston, of Haverhill, Massachusetts, was  ...
Janet Moore Lindman, Michele Lise Tarter, 2001
8
Final Report of the Royal Commission Appointed to Inquire ...
50-2 14-9 11-1 24-0 31-6 19-0 It will be observed that in the decennium 1855-64 there was a very large diminution of the mortality at the age-period under 5 years, a considerable though smaller diminution at the next age-period, and some ...
9
Journal
—___ 1861—1870. 1871—1880. 1851—1890. 1881—1890. M. F. M.&F. M. F. M. &F. M. F. M.&F. M. F. M.&F. IO 11 12 Enumerated population of Cornwall at commencement of Decennium. Births registered in Cornwall during} Decennium .
Royal Institution of Cornwall, 1899
10
The Medical Bulletin: A Monthly Journal of Medicine and Surgery
Suffered in the third decennium .... 14 Suffered in the fourth decennium ... .15 Suffered in the fifth decennium .... 19 Suffered in the sixth decennium . . 19 Suffered in the seventh decennium ... 3 Total 70 Sex seems to have an influence, as less ...

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «DECENNIUM»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term decennium is used in the context of the following news items.
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'De Europese ervaring is geen model voor de rest van de wereld'
Waar je zeker ook niet aan voorbij kan gaan, zijn de fiasco's van het westerse buitenlandse beleid van het voorbije decennium. De invasies ... «MO, Jun 15»
2
Regissören som tycker om att tänka ordentligt
Efter mer än ett decennium i skådespelarbranschen har han erfarenhet av det mesta. Det har blivit många teateruppsättningar för den 37 år ... «Svenska YLE, Jun 15»
3
Cft advises in its annual report to be reserved with regard to taking …
... before at the end of the decennium a cautious decrease sets in; the public finances van therefore no longer be considered sustainable. «Curacao Chronicle, Jun 15»
4
Airborne Wind Energy Conferentie: alles over vliegende windturbines
In het afgelopen decennium is het onderzoek en de ontwikkeling van AWE aanzienlijk gegroeid. Op maandag 15 en dinsdag 16 juni wordt aan ... «EngineersOnline, Jun 15»
5
Vi förortsbarn behöver tysthetsnormen
Då kan man unna sig att lyssna inkännande på ”ungdomar” som har varit myndiga och vuxna i både halvtannat och helt decennium. Man kan ... «Samtiden, Jun 15»
6
Kung fury: Street rage
Utan på att axelvaddarnas och laserdinosauriernas decennium har parodiserats oupphörligt sedan klockan slog 1990: av filmer, tv-serier, ... «Aftonbladet, Jun 15»
7
Dags att checka ut
Haussen i Kina kan mycket väl vara reprisen till det som hände för ett knappt decennium sedan. Från maj 2005 till 2007 steg Shanghaibörsen ... «Affärsvärlden, Jun 15»
8
Ett land av montörer
I över ett decennium har Gärtunafabriken metodiskt trimmat produktionsprocesserna, steg för steg. Hela tiden ska mer produkter komma ut med ... «Affärsvärlden, May 15»
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Hoogovenbouwer Danieli Corus nu volledig in Italiaanse handen
Daar vindt een hausse aan activiteiten plaats en volgens Zonneveld zullen er het komende decennium nog veel nieuwe hoogovens worden ... «Financieele Dagblad, May 15»
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Giant Sand @ Het Depot: Nonchalance als levenshouding
Hopelijk doet hij er dus nog minstens een decennium of twee bovenop. DE SETLIST: Transponder / Man On A String / The Eye Opening / Song ... «Knack.be, May 15»

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« EDUCALINGO. Decennium [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/decennium>. Apr 2024 ».
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