Synonyms for decennial

Grammar : Adj

Spell : dih-sen-ee-uh l

Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛn i əl

Définition of decennial

Origin : 1680s, from Latin decennium, from decennis "of 10 years," from decem "ten" (see ten) + annus "year" (see annual). For vowel change, see biennial.

As in ten : adj having ten of something

Example sentences :

This year marks the decennial of the movement in the United Kingdom.
Extract from : « History of Woman Suffrage, Volume III (of III) » by Various

Period of the decennial archons, seven of whom succeeded between 752—682.
Extract from : « A Manual of Ancient History » by A. H. L. (Arnold Hermann Ludwig) Heeren

Are you prepared to have, after every decennial census, a new distribution of members among electoral districts?
Extract from : « The Miscellaneous Writings and Speeches of Lord Macaulay, Vol. 4 (of 4) » by Thomas Babington Macaulay

We also observe that the percentage of decennial increase gradually decreased from 1234 per cent.
Extract from : « Japan and the California Problem » by Toyokichi Iyenaga

The threat of the Belgian deputies to oppose the decennial budget was now carried out.
Extract from : « History of Holland » by George Edmundson

And hence the seven decennial Archons might not take up above forty or fifty years.
Extract from : « The Chronology of Ancient Kingdoms Amended » by Isaac Newton

A full report is found in the Decennial Publications, first series vol.
Extract from : « Papers and Proceedings of the Thirty-fourth Annual Meeting of the American Library Association Held at Ottawa, Canada June 26-July 2, 1912 » by Various

Between the years 1835 and 1845, the returns show an increase in deposits in this decennial period of ninety-eight per cent.
Extract from : « A History of Banks for Savings in Great Britain and Ireland » by William Lewins

The demand is moderate, and at the decennial revision pleas for reduction are indulgently considered.
Extract from : « A Civil Servant in Burma » by Herbert Thirkel White

For decades the decennial census dismally tolled the same knell of fifteen thousand in round numbers.
Extract from : « In a Little Town » by Rupert Hughes

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