Meaning of quarter-century | Babel Free
Definitions
A period of twenty-five years.
Equivalents
Čeština
čtvrtstoletí
Français
quart de siècle
日本語
四半世紀
Nederlands
kwarteeuw
Polski
ćwierćwiecze
Shqip
çerekshekull
Examples
“In the present⟳ writer's opinion there was no greater and more successful locomotive engineer in the country, during the first quarter-century, than George Jackson Churchward of the Great Western Railway. This statement is made without prejudice, for I was brought up on the other line extending from Waterloo to Padstow, and between Swindon and Eastleigh there was a great gulf fixed.”
“I spent my second quarter-century Losing what I had learnt at university And refusing to take⟳ in what had happened since […]”
CEFR level
C2
Mastery
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
This word is part of the CEFR C2 vocabulary — mastery level.
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