Meanings
alternative multi-decade
- not comparableExtending over multiple decades.
With the pound at a multidecade low and British banks requiring ever-larger injections of taxpayer cash, it is no wonder that observers have started to refer to London as “Reykjavik-on-Thames.”
2009 January 22, Julia Werdigier, Nelson D. Schwartz, “The Falling Pound Raises Fears of Nationalization”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 06 Feb 2012Synonyms: decadeslong
Synonyms & antonyms
adjectiveExtending over multiple decades.
Origin
- Proto-Indo-European*mel-
- Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
- Proto-Italic*moltos
- Latinmultus
- Latinmultī
- Middle Englishmulti-
- Englishmulti-
- Englishdecade
- Englishmultidecade
Cite this entry
multidecade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multidecade
“multidecade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multidecade. Accessed November 2, 2026.
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