Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

quarter-century

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.54 in modern English

Syllables: quar-ter--cen-tu-ry
IPA

28

Scrabble Score

14

Letters

6

Syllables

9

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A period of twenty-five years.

Example Sentences

"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 […]"

Etymology

From quarter + century.

Inflected Forms

quarter-centuries (plural)

Phrases

half-century

Frequently Paired Words

half-century

Questions

What does quarter-century mean?: A period of twenty-five years.
Where does quarter-century come from?: From quarter + century.

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