century
gb/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/ us/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
A2
Kiingereza
~ 500
Maana
maana 0
Nomino
A2
quantity
1
a 100-year time span
A time period of 100 years.
Muundo wa matumizi:
[a/the] century
Kosa la kawaida:
Learners sometimes confuse 'century' with 'decade', which is only 10 years.
Visawe
hundred years (Exact equivalent but less formal and less commonly used in historical contexts.)
Vinyume
decade (Refers to a period of ten years, the opposite in scale.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
turn of the century
|21st century
|centuries ago
|early 20th century
|mid-century
Mada
history
|time
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- 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.
Nomino
B2
entity
2
100 runs scored in cricket
In cricket, when one player scores 100 runs in one turn at batting.
Kosa la kawaida:
Non-cricket fans may think 'century' here means 100 years instead of 100 runs.
Visawe
hundred (Informal shorthand for scoring 100 runs in cricket.)
Vinyume
duck (In cricket, scoring zero runs in an innings.)
Miunganiko ya maneno
score a century
|hit a century
|make a century
Mada
sports
|core_vocabulary
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano kwa wanafunzi
- He scored a century in the match.
- She made her first century last year.
- A player gets a century when they score 100 runs.
Sarufi
Umbo la kamusi
century
IPA
GB/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
US/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚi/
Silabi na mkazo
cen - tury (silabi 2)
Stress on 1st syllable (cen)
Maumbo ya neno
Noun
- Base: century
- Plural: centuries
Familia ya neno
Forms
centuries
noun
Related words
centennial
adjective
centenary
noun
Advanced or less common
centenarian
noun
bicentennial
adjective
Semi
centuries ago
1/sˈɛnt͡ʃɚiz əɡˈoʊ/
fixed phrase
a very long time ago (hundreds of years)
A time many hundreds of years before now.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- 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.
Mifano
- Many new inventions appeared around the turn of the century.
- She was born at the turn of the 19th century.