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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