half-century

1. 1.

   a period of 50 years

   Broadertime period

   Part ofcentury

Questions about half-century

What does half-century mean?

half-century means "a period of 50 years".

How many syllables are in half-century?

half-century has 4 syllables: half--cen-tu-ry. The stress falls on "cen".

Is half-century a common word?

half-century is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.