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turn of the century en · NOUN

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The beginning or end of a certain century; the transition from one century to the next; often, especially in architecture, the beginning of the 20th century.
   • By the turn of the century he was starting to become well known in literary circles.
   • The 7th and 8th classes are identical with the Cape engines placed in service at the turn of the century, and are now outclassed for main line work but are used for shunting at the large depots and on one or two of the branch lines. 1940 December, O. S. M. Raw, “The Rhodesia Railways—II”, in Railway Magazine, page 639:

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Coordinates

midcentury · fin de siècle

Relateds

turn of the year

Translations (11)

eo jarcentŝanĝo (beginning or end of a certain century) · ar مُنْعَطَفُ الْقَرْنِ (beginning or end of a certain century) · sv sekelskifte (beginning or end of a certain century) · pl przełom wieku (beginning or end of a certain century) · nl eeuwwisseling (beginning or end of a certain century) · es cambio de siglo (beginning or end of a certain century) · hu századforduló (beginning or end of a certain century) · de Jahrhundertwende (beginning or end of a certain century) · nb århundreskifte (beginning or end of a certain century) · fi vuosisadanvaihde (beginning or end of a certain century) · nn hundreårsskifte (beginning or end of a certain century)