century
gb/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/ us/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
A2
ਅੰਗਰੇਜ਼ੀ
~ 500
évszázad, század, százfutásos eredmény, century
ਨਾਂਵ
A2
1
ਵਰਤੋਂ ਦਾ ਢਾਂਚਾ:
[a/the] century
The 20th century saw rapid technological change.
A 20. században gyors technológiai változások mentek végbe.
Many traditions date back several centuries.
Sok hagyomány több évszázadra nyúlik vissza.
The building was constructed in the 18th century.
We are living in the 21st century.
The turn of the century brought new challenges.
ਸਿਖਿਆਰਥੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਉਦਾਹਰਨਾਂ
The 20th century started in 1901.
A 20. század 1901-ben kezdődött.
People lived very differently a century ago.
Az emberek egy évszázaddal ezelőtt egészen másképp éltek.
We are now in the 21st century.
A century has 100 years.
The city is more than one century old.
ਆਮ ਗਲਤੀ:
Learners sometimes confuse 'century' with 'decade', which is only 10 years.
ਅਰਥ
a 100-year time span
ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਜੋੜ
turn of the century
|21st century
|centuries ago
|early 20th century
|mid-century
ਸਮਾਨਾਰਥਕ ਸ਼ਬਦ
hundred years (Exact equivalent but less formal and less commonly used in historical contexts.)
ਵਿਲੋਮ ਸ਼ਬਦ
decade (Refers to a period of ten years, the opposite in scale.)
ਵਿਸ਼ੇ
history
|time
|core_vocabulary
ਪਰਿਭਾਸ਼ਾ
A time period of 100 years.
A period of one hundred consecutive years.
ਨਾਂਵ
B2
2
century
C2
He scored his third century of the season.
A szezonban már a harmadik százfutásos eredményét érte el.
The crowd cheered as she reached her century.
A közönség ujjongott, amikor elérte a száz futást.
Scoring a century is a major achievement for any batsman.
ਸਿਖਿਆਰਥੀਆਂ ਲਈ ਉਦਾਹਰਨਾਂ
He scored a century in the match.
Százfutásos eredményt ért el a mérkőzésen.
She made her first century last year.
Tavaly érte el az első százfutásos eredményét.
A player gets a century when they score 100 runs.
ਆਮ ਗਲਤੀ:
Non-cricket fans may think 'century' here means 100 years instead of 100 runs.
ਅਰਥ
100 runs scored in cricket
ਸ਼ਬਦ-ਜੋੜ
score a century
|hit a century
|make a century
ਸਮਾਨਾਰਥਕ ਸ਼ਬਦ
hundred (Informal shorthand for scoring 100 runs in cricket.)
ਵਿਲੋਮ ਸ਼ਬਦ
duck (In cricket, scoring zero runs in an innings.)
ਵਿਸ਼ੇ
sports
|core_vocabulary
ਪਰਿਭਾਸ਼ਾ
In cricket, when one player scores 100 runs in one turn at batting.
In cricket, a score of one hundred runs made by a single batsman in one innings.
ਵਿਆਕਰਨ
ਸ਼ਬਦਕੋਸ਼ੀ ਰੂਪ
century
IPA
GB/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
US/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
ਸਿਲੇਬਲ ਅਤੇ ਜ਼ੋਰ
cen - tury (2 ਸਿਲੇਬਲ)
Stress on 1st syllable (cen)
ਸ਼ਬਦ ਰੂਪ
Noun
- Base: century
- Plural: centuries
ਸ਼ਬਦ ਪਰਿਵਾਰ
Forms
centuries
noun
Related words
centennial
adjective
centenary
noun
Advanced or less common
centenarian
noun
bicentennial
adjective
ਅਭਿਵੈਕਤੀਆਂ
centuries ago
1/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚiz əɡˈoʊ/
fixed phrase
a very long time ago (hundreds of years)
A time many hundreds of years before now.
ਉਦਾਹਰਨਾਂ
- 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.
ਉਦਾਹਰਨਾਂ
- 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.
ਉਦਾਹਰਨਾਂ
- Many new inventions appeared around the turn of the century.
- She was born at the turn of the 19th century.