half centuryn.

Brit.

/ˌhɑːf ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/, U.S.

/ˈhæf ˌsɛn(t)ʃəri/,

/ˌhæf ˈsɛn(t)ʃəri/

Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., century n.

Etymology: < half adj. + century n.

a. A period of fifty years.

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the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years

hendecadOE

a week of yearsa1382

weekc1384

Olympiada1387

lustre1387

yearc1425

millenary1551

prenticeship1553

septenary1576

lustrum1590

quinquennal1590

seventy1590

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quinquennie1606

threescore (years) and tena1616

duodecad1621

quinquennium1621

jubilee1643

quadrenniala1646

chiliad1653

septennary1659

septennium1660

triennial1661

millennium1664

tetraëterid1678

octennial1679

duodenary1681

quadrennium1779

septenniad1836

quinquenniad1842

milliad1843

tricentenary1846

triennium1847

vicennium1847

bimillenary1850

lustration1853

sexennium1858

septennate1874

quinquennial1877

pentad1880

sexennate1898

aeon1960

1665 J. Sergeant Let. to Dr. Casaubon in Discov. Groundlesness & Insincerity Ld. Down's Dissuasive 329 The Wits of this last half Century have been strangely curious and Inquisitive.

1710 R. Bentley Present State Trinity Coll. 70 But now and for this half Century the same Commons have cost Six times that Sum.

1798 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 16 The only distinction of earths, till about the last half century, was into absorbent and non-absorbent.

1807 Salmagundi 24 Jan. 17 Poor Will Honeycomb..even with his half century of experience, would have been puzzled to point out the humours of a lady by her prevailing colors.

1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 361/1 What the next half-century will do with the subtle powers of the sensitive plate remains to be seen.

1907 A. M. Cecil London Parks & Gardens xiii. 344 During the half-century he lived there, many of the birds..deserted the garden.

1960 F. H. Maier et al. Tenure Status Farmworkers in U.S. 7 The relative decline in ownership that occurred in the half-century between 1880 and 1930 was reversed by 1950.

2013 National Trust Mag. Autumn 17/2 Over the next half-century, we intend to restore native woodland to the cloughs and valleys of the moors.

b. A fiftieth birthday or anniversary; the fiftieth year of someone or something's existence.

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the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries

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quinquagenary1588

centenary1661

millennium1664

secular1706

coming of age1788

centennial1791

tricentenary1846

tercentenary1855

quinquennial1857

ter-millenary1864

sexcentenary1865

semi-centenary1870

bicentenary1872

septcentenary1873

quincentenary1877

sesquicentennial1880

quadricentennial1882

bicentennial1883

quatercentenary1883

tricentennial1883

tercentennial1884

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octingentenary1893

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septingentenary1893

millennial1896

millenary1897

quadringenary1905

quingenary1911

bimillenary1961

sesquicentenary1961

quasquicentennial1962

nongenary1966

octocentennial1994

the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > birthday > specific birthday

twenty-first1873

1828 J. Montgomery in B. B. Wisner Mem. Mrs. S. Huntington (ed. 2) p. xxii In the instance of early mortality before us, those who have reached the eminence of life, and passed their half century, will naturally look back.

a1856 tr. A. Monod in S. Monod Life & Lett. A. Monod (1885) p. viii Already, as I approach my half-century, I find my voice failing and my imagination growing torpid.

1887 Public Opinion 25 June 235/2 The half century of the reign of Victoria over England is rich in important events both at home and abroad.

1921 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Med. July 488/2 A man past his half century, continuing to consume the heavy dinners..of younger life, is in imminent danger of shortening his life through gout, rheumatic affections,..and..apoplexy.

1988 New Scientist 21 July 102/2 Richard Smith questions whether the National Health Service will reach its half century.

2016 Kentish Express (Nexis) 6 Oct. [She]..staged the concert as a 50th birthday celebration... ‘I wanted to do something different to celebrate my half-century.’

2. Cricket. A score of fifty runs; esp. an innings of fifty or more (but less than one hundred) runs by an individual batter. Cf. century n. 11a.

1870 New Sporting Mag. June 424 So rapid was the scoring that the first half century was written up for the Blues.

1874 Bell's Life in London 5 Sept. 4/2 His ‘half century’ included a lot of pretty cuts and hard drives.

1915 Amer. Cricketer July 162/1 Sam Mifflin helped Evans to improve on these failures, and the half century appeared with both going well.

1963 Times 11 June 4/6 With a powerful on-drive Barker took his score to 49 and off the next ball completed a fine half century.

2012 M. Jupp Fibber in Heat ii. 13 I brought up my half-century with a four driven through mid-on.

This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022).

单词	half century
释义	half centuryn. Brit. /ˌhɑːf ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/, U.S. /ˈhæf ˌsɛn(t)ʃəri/, /ˌhæf ˈsɛn(t)ʃəri/ Origin: Formed within English, by compounding. Etymons: half adj., century n. Etymology: < half adj. + century n. 1. a. A period of fifty years. ΘΠ the world > time > period > year > [noun] > period of specific number of years hendecadOE a week of yearsa1382 weekc1384 Olympiada1387 lustre1387 yearc1425 millenary1551 prenticeship1553 septenary1576 lustrum1590 quinquennal1590 seventy1590 septimane1603 quinquennie1606 threescore (years) and tena1616 duodecad1621 quinquennium1621 jubilee1643 quadrenniala1646 chiliad1653 septennary1659 septennium1660 triennial1661 millennium1664 tetraëterid1678 octennial1679 duodenary1681 quadrennium1779 septenniad1836 quinquenniad1842 milliad1843 tricentenary1846 triennium1847 vicennium1847 bimillenary1850 lustration1853 sexennium1858 septennate1874 quinquennial1877 pentad1880 sexennate1898 aeon1960 1665 J. Sergeant Let. to Dr. Casaubon in Discov. Groundlesness & Insincerity Ld. Down's Dissuasive 329 The Wits of this last half Century have been strangely curious and Inquisitive. 1710 R. Bentley Present State Trinity Coll. 70 But now and for this half Century the same Commons have cost Six times that Sum. 1798 Philos. Trans. (Royal Soc.) 88 16 The only distinction of earths, till about the last half century, was into absorbent and non-absorbent. 1807 Salmagundi 24 Jan. 17 Poor Will Honeycomb..even with his half century of experience, would have been puzzled to point out the humours of a lady by her prevailing colors. 1889 Harper's Mag. Aug. 361/1 What the next half-century will do with the subtle powers of the sensitive plate remains to be seen. 1907 A. M. Cecil London Parks & Gardens xiii. 344 During the half-century he lived there, many of the birds..deserted the garden. 1960 F. H. Maier et al. Tenure Status Farmworkers in U.S. 7 The relative decline in ownership that occurred in the half-century between 1880 and 1930 was reversed by 1950. 2013 National Trust Mag. Autumn 17/2 Over the next half-century, we intend to restore native woodland to the cloughs and valleys of the moors. b. A fiftieth birthday or anniversary; the fiftieth year of someone or something's existence. ΘΠ the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > specific anniversaries jubileec1386 quinquagenary1588 centenary1661 millennium1664 secular1706 coming of age1788 centennial1791 tricentenary1846 tercentenary1855 quinquennial1857 ter-millenary1864 sexcentenary1865 semi-centenary1870 bicentenary1872 septcentenary1873 quincentenary1877 sesquicentennial1880 quadricentennial1882 bicentennial1883 quatercentenary1883 tricentennial1883 tercentennial1884 quincentennial1885 octocentenary1888 quadrennial1890 quingentenary1892 octingentenary1893 ruby anniversary1893 semi-jubilee1893 septingentenary1893 millennial1896 millenary1897 quadringenary1905 quingenary1911 bimillenary1961 sesquicentenary1961 quasquicentennial1962 nongenary1966 octocentennial1994 the world > time > particular time > an anniversary > [noun] > birthday > specific birthday twenty-first1873 1828 J. Montgomery in B. B. Wisner Mem. Mrs. S. Huntington (ed. 2) p. xxii In the instance of early mortality before us, those who have reached the eminence of life, and passed their half century, will naturally look back. a1856 tr. A. Monod in S. Monod Life & Lett. A. Monod (1885) p. viii Already, as I approach my half-century, I find my voice failing and my imagination growing torpid. 1887 Public Opinion 25 June 235/2 The half century of the reign of Victoria over England is rich in important events both at home and abroad. 1921 Amer. Jrnl. Clin. Med. July 488/2 A man past his half century, continuing to consume the heavy dinners..of younger life, is in imminent danger of shortening his life through gout, rheumatic affections,..and..apoplexy. 1988 New Scientist 21 July 102/2 Richard Smith questions whether the National Health Service will reach its half century. 2016 Kentish Express (Nexis) 6 Oct. [She]..staged the concert as a 50th birthday celebration... ‘I wanted to do something different to celebrate my half-century.’ 2. Cricket. A score of fifty runs; esp. an innings of fifty or more (but less than one hundred) runs by an individual batter. Cf. century n. 11a. Π 1870 New Sporting Mag. June 424 So rapid was the scoring that the first half century was written up for the Blues. 1874 Bell's Life in London 5 Sept. 4/2 His ‘half century’ included a lot of pretty cuts and hard drives. 1915 Amer. Cricketer July 162/1 Sam Mifflin helped Evans to improve on these failures, and the half century appeared with both going well. 1963 Times 11 June 4/6 With a powerful on-drive Barker took his score to 49 and off the next ball completed a fine half century. 2012 M. Jupp Fibber in Heat ii. 13 I brought up my half-century with a four driven through mid-on. This is a new entry (OED Third Edition, December 2022). < n.1665
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