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n. The first decade of a century: from 1900 to 1909, 2000 to 2009, etc.

"The Met Office figures indicate that the years since 2000 - the "noughties" - were on average about 0. 18C (0.32F) warmer than years in the 1990s; and that since the 1970s, each decade has seen an increase of about the same scale."

naughtier    naughtiest    nighties    noughts   

2000s