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What is the noun for decades?

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decade
  1. A series or group of ten things. [from 16th c.]
  2. An historical period of the ten years in which the beginning year ended in "0" and the ending year ended in "9".
  3. Any given period of ten years. [from 17th c.]
  4. (historical) In the French Revolutionary calendar, a group of ten days. [from 18th c.]
  5. (Roman Catholicism) A series of ten beads (or the prayers associated with them) in the rosary
  6. (physics) The interval between any two quantities having the ratio 10 to 1.
  7. Any of the sets of ten sequential braille characters with predictable patterns.
  8. Synonyms:
  9. Examples:
    1. “Real estate prices have doubled in value over the last decade.”
      “More than a decade ago, I wrote a cover story that ran in the space right above here.”
      “The trio has clocked up some notable achievements in its first decade and has been invited all over the world.”
decad
  1. Archaic form of decade. (period of ten years)
  2. Archaic form of decade. (group of ten)
  3. Synonyms:
  4. Examples:
    1. “Presently, the humanity is passing through the first decad, the decad of change.”
      “The second decad is ruled by Mercury and the third decad is ruled by the Venus.”
      “By 200 CE we know the decad stood for 'eternity', 'god', 'kosmos', 'all', 'all perfect' and 'key-holding' among others.”
decadist
  1. A writer of a book divided into decades.
decadists
  1. plural of decadist
decades
  1. plural of decade.
  2. Synonyms:
  3. Examples:
    1. “The biggest difference is that over the past two decades the United States has absorbed roughly 20 million immigrants.”
      “For decades the prevailing theories tell us that the roots of violence lie in deprived environments and abusive parents.”
      “Romney's father, who was a Republican, too, but governor of Michigan, ran, if disastrously and abortively, for president almost four decades ago.”
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