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.
10 years is called a decade hence it is only a decade not decade of years
A decade. :)
Probably a decadent because a decade is a period of 10 years