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Meaning of quarter-century | Babel Free

Noun CEFR C2

Definitions

A period of twenty-five years.

Equivalents

Čeština čtvrtstoletí
Français quart de siècle
日本語 四半世紀
Nederlands kwarteeuw

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.

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