A decade is 10 years
A 90-year-old person is in their tenth decade of life.
No, if you are 69 years old you are in your 7th decade. There are 10 years in a decade, and not forgetting to count the first ten years, you would get to the 7th decade.
10 years
A decade.
A decade in age is 10.
2017 - 70 = 1947 so decade is 1940's
Examples of sentences with the word "decade" in it are as follows: I've waited sooooo long, practically a decade, to win the beauty pageant. Today, on my tenth birthday, I am officially a decade old. The Roaring Twenties lasted a whole decade.
You would be 200 years old.
They would be seventy years old.
YOu will have to call Browning for the decade.
Yes, at 71 years old, you are indeed in your eighth decade. A person's decades are counted from birth, so the first decade covers ages 0 to 9, the second from 10 to 19, and so on. Therefore, turning 70 marks the beginning of your eighth decade, which continues until you turn 80.
10 years is called a decade hence it is only a decade not decade of years