Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: century
IPA transcription: [s'ɛntʃɚi]
Pronunciations of century
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noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: century
    Meaning: a period of 100 years
Usage examples
  • Such is the mission of the nineteenth century.
  • It was the lack of that that made Empire Day fail in the last century.
  • At one step we may carry them from the Age of Stone to the twentieth century.
  • I freely confess all the idiotic ambitions of the end of the nineteenth century.
  • It may probably be said that no place in this 19th century is more worthy of notice.
  • In the seventeenth century Germany, France, Sweden, and Spain warred for thirty years.
  • By some evil magic of the moment, the hour seemed set back a full quarter of a century.
  • Lucrezia Borgia in her own age may have been heroic: but Lucrezia in this late century!
  • A century and a half ago there arose in France a giant that had slumbered for untold centuries.
  • The tenth century, among others, if my memory serves me rightly, was called the CENTURY OF IRON.
0. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording William the Conqueror, License CC BY-SA 4.0
1. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Dark romanticism, License CC BY-SA 4.0
2. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording 1755 Lisbon earthquake, License CC BY-SA 4.0
3. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Peter Jennings, License CC BY-SA 4.0
4. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Connectionism, License CC BY-SA 4.0
5. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Universe, License CC BY-SA 4.0
6. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Subarachnoid hemorrhage, License CC BY-SA 4.0
7. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fermi paradox, License CC BY-SA 4.0
8. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Fin whale, License CC BY-SA 4.0
9. Word pronunciation is derived from article recording Greek mythology, License CC BY-SA 4.0