multidecade

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adjective

Extending over multiple decades.

Scrabble 17

Meanings

adjectivemultidecade (not comparable)

alternative multi-decade

  1. 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 2012

    Synonyms: decadeslong

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveExtending over multiple decades.

Also see

Origin

  1. Proto-Indo-European*mel-
  2. Proto-Indo-European*ml̥tós?
  3. Proto-Italic*moltos
  4. Latinmultus
  5. Latinmultī
  6. Middle Englishmulti-
  7. Englishmulti-
  8. Englishdecade
  9. Englishmultidecade

From multi- + decade.

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APA

multidecade. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multidecade

MLA

“multidecade.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multidecade. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “multidecade,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/multidecade.

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