turn of the century

1. 1.

   the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century

   Broaderhistoric period

Questions about turn of the century

What does turn of the century mean?

turn of the century means "the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century".

Is turn of the century a common word?

turn of the 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.