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Definition of Half-century
1. Noun. A period of 50 years.
Definition of Half-century
1. Noun. fifty years. a half century. ¹
2. Noun. (cricket) A score of 50 runs by a single batsman ¹
3. Noun. (sports) A score of 50 points in a single game. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Half-century
Literary usage of Half-century
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Men and Measures of Half a Century: Sketches and Comments by Hugh McCulloch (1888)
"The Changes of a Half Century—Effect of Machinery upon Labor—Contests between
Capital and Labor—Demoralization Produced by War—Increase of Violence—Decline ..."
2. Library of the World's Best Literature, Ancient and Modern by Charles Dudley Warner, Hamilton Wright Mabie, Lucia Isabella Gilbert Runkle, George H Warner (1902)
"on the Anniversary of the Fifth Half-Century of the Landing of John Endicott at
Salem, Mass.> (1878); < Vallombrosa > (1881); < He and She» (1883); ..."
3. Matthew Paris's English History: From the Year 1235 to 1273 by Matthew Paris, John Allen Giles (1853)
"Of the wonderful events of this last half-century. For in this half-century the
Tartars left their places of retreat, and ravaged, with the cruelty of wild ..."
4. Readers' Guide to Periodical Literature by Anna Lorraine Guthrie, Marion A. Knight, H.W. Wilson Company, Estella E. Painter (1920)
"Bib Sac 74:1-13 Ja '17 half-century of biblical and Semitic Investigation. L.
Waterman. Am J Sem Lang 32: 219-29 Jl '16 Apocalyptic books (extra-canonical) ..."
5. Annual Report (1911)
"... through this half century of growing light and enlarging work until the present
time, when, all doors being open to her entrance, Christian woman can go ..."
6. Nature by Norman Lockyer (1877)
"... new council in addition to the dreary piles of observations which have cumbered
all scientific libraries for the last half-century. And here is the rub. ..."
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