twentieth century

1. 1.

   the century from 1901 to 2000

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Questions about twentieth century

What does twentieth century mean?

twentieth century means "the century from 1901 to 2000".

Is twentieth century a common word?

twentieth 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.