century
gb/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/ us/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
A2
ইংরেজি
~ 500
অর্থসমূহ
০টি অর্থ
বিশেষ্য
A2
quantity
1
a 100-year time span
A time period of 100 years.
ব্যবহারের ধরন:
[a/the] century
সাধারণ ভুল:
Learners sometimes confuse 'century' with 'decade', which is only 10 years.
সমার্থক শব্দ
hundred years (Exact equivalent but less formal and less commonly used in historical contexts.)
বিপরীতার্থক শব্দ
decade (Refers to a period of ten years, the opposite in scale.)
কলোকেশন
turn of the century
|21st century
|centuries ago
|early 20th century
|mid-century
বিষয়
history
|time
|core_vocabulary
উদাহরণ
- The 20th century saw rapid technological change.
- Many traditions date back several centuries.
- The building was constructed in the 18th century.
- We are living in the 21st century.
- The turn of the century brought new challenges.
শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উদাহরণ
- The 20th century started in 1901.
- People lived very differently a century ago.
- We are now in the 21st century.
- A century has 100 years.
- The city is more than one century old.
বিশেষ্য
B2
entity
2
100 runs scored in cricket
In cricket, when one player scores 100 runs in one turn at batting.
সাধারণ ভুল:
Non-cricket fans may think 'century' here means 100 years instead of 100 runs.
সমার্থক শব্দ
hundred (Informal shorthand for scoring 100 runs in cricket.)
বিপরীতার্থক শব্দ
duck (In cricket, scoring zero runs in an innings.)
কলোকেশন
score a century
|hit a century
|make a century
বিষয়
sports
|core_vocabulary
উদাহরণ
- He scored his third century of the season.
- The crowd cheered as she reached her century.
- Scoring a century is a major achievement for any batsman.
শিক্ষার্থীদের জন্য উদাহরণ
- He scored a century in the match.
- She made her first century last year.
- A player gets a century when they score 100 runs.
ব্যাকরণ
অভিধানিক রূপ
century
IPA
GB/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
US/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
শব্দাংশ ও জোর
cen - tury (২টি শব্দাংশ)
Stress on 1st syllable (cen)
শব্দরূপ
Noun
- Base: century
- Plural: centuries
সম্পর্কিত শব্দ
Forms
centuries
noun
Related words
centennial
adjective
centenary
noun
Advanced or less common
centenarian
noun
bicentennial
adjective
অভিব্যক্তি
centuries ago
1/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚiz əɡˈoʊ/
fixed phrase
a very long time ago (hundreds of years)
A time many hundreds of years before now.
উদাহরণ
- This castle was built centuries ago.
- Centuries ago, people traveled by horse and carriage.
quarter-century
1/kwˈɔɹtɚ sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
fixed phrase
a time span of 25 years
A period of twenty-five years.
উদাহরণ
- He worked there for over a quarter-century.
- The company is celebrating a quarter-century in business.
turn of the century
1/tˈɚn əv ðə sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
fixed phrase
time when one century ends and another begins
The time when one hundred-year period ends and the next begins.
উদাহরণ
- Many new inventions appeared around the turn of the century.
- She was born at the turn of the 19th century.