century

Definition

Examples

The museum is housed in a building from the nineteenth century.

Synonyms

• centenarythe 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it)

Collocations

• Easy turn of the modern century
  to turn of the modern century, meaning to change orientation or direction, also in the abstract sense
• Medium operate for over half a century
  to operate for over half a century, meaning to direct or control; projects, businesses, etc
• Hard twenty-first century technological revolution
  describing twenty-first century technological revolution (coming next after the twentieth in position)
• Very Hard centuries-old tradition endures unyielding
  a collocation phrase: centuries-old tradition endures unyielding