Meaning of machine age | Babel Free
Definitions
An era, from approximately 1880 to 1945, characterised by the rapid development and widespread use of machinery and industrial technology.
Examples
“The spread⟳ of popular education in conjunction with the coming of the machine age and its concomitants, have⟳ together sufficed to create⟳ a rubber-stamped mentality. The popular Press⟳, the cinema and the radio have⟳ resulted in the emergence of a public, the component members of which, with exceptions so rare as to be negligible, think⟳ alike and function alike.”
CEFR level
B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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