century

[US]/'sentʃʊrɪ/
[UK]/'sɛntʃəri/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

n.a period of one hundred years; et århundrede; en score af 100 løb i cricket.
Word Forms
Pluralcenturies

Phrases & Collocations

a century ago

for en århundrede siden

st century

st århundrede

century-old tradition

århundredes gamle tradition

last century

sidste århundrede

new century

nyt århundrede

century-long history

århundrede lang historie

the twentieth century

det tyvende århundrede

century park

century park

century hotel

century hotel

the fifth century

det femte århundrede

quarter century

kvarte århundrede

Example Sentences

one of the century's elect.

en af århundredets udvalgte.

nineteenth century French anecdotal paintings.

Franske anekdotiske malerier fra det 19. århundrede.

the creation of the factory system by nineteenth-century capitalists.

oprettelsen af fabrikssystemet af kapitalister i det nittende århundrede.

the first major climacteric in twentieth-century poetry.

det første store vendepunkt i tyvende århundredes poesi.

the greater part of the century was a time of content.

den største del af århundredet var en tid med tilfredshed.

20th century popular culture.

populærkultur i det 20. århundrede.

the cloister is of late twelfth century design.

klosteret er af sen 12. århundredes design.

the fifth century <sc>bc</sc>.

det femte århundrede f.Kr.

nineteenth-century ideas about drinking.

ideer om drikke fra det nittende århundrede.

the legacy of centuries of neglect.

arven fra århundreder med forsømmelse.

the operetta is a pastiche of 18th century style.

operetten er en pastiche af 18. århundredes stil.

the nineteenth century was pre-eminently the Railway Age.

det nittende århundrede var i høj grad jernbanens æra.

the sexpartite vault is of 12th-century construction.

krydshvælvet er fra det 12. århundrede.

a stately 19th-century mansion.

en storslået herregård fra det 19. århundrede.

Real-world Examples

Now I've lived politics for half a century.

Jeg har beskæftiget mig med politik i halvdelen af et århundrede.

Source: May's Speech Compilation

However it disappeared during the last few centuries.

Det forsvandt dog i løbet af de sidste århundreder.

Source: Model Essay for Full Marks in English Gaokao

Punting began in the early 20th century.

Punting begyndte i det tidlige 20. århundrede.

Source: Bloomberg Businessweek

And these not until the early th century.

Og disse først i det tidlige th århundrede.

Source: English little tyrant

It was the eighth time that happened this century.

Det var ottende gang, at det skete i dette århundrede.

Source: CNN 10 Student English October 2021 Collection

It's not that, not the century for those yet.

Det er ikke det, ikke århundredet for dem endnu.

Source: Idol speaks English fluently.

That belief informed much of HBR's first century.

Den tro påvirkede meget af HBR's første århundrede.

Source: Harvard Business Review

The workshop dates back to the late 18th century.

Workshoppen kan dateres tilbage til slutningen af det 18. århundrede.

Source: VOA Slow English - America

As that lava cooled over decades, even centuries, it contracted.

Efterhånden som den lava kølede ned over årtier, endda århundreder, trak den sig sammen.

Source: PBS Fun Science Popularization

They had been buried in the 17th and 18th centuries.

De var blevet begravet i det 17. og 18. århundrede.

Source: VOA Special February 2017 Collection

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