1900s
IPA: z
noun
- The century that began on January 1, 1900, and ended on December 31, 1999. Approximately equal to the twentieth century.
- The decade that began on January 1, 1900 and ended on December 31, 1909. The noughties.
Examples of "1900s" in Sentences
- No one is calling the 1900s the Century of the Book.
- Edwardian Society Pt I: Politics Society in the 1900s was a far more complicated ...
- Society in the 1900s was a far more complicated affair than at any other time in history.
- If the 1900s were the American century, the 2000s will most likely be the Chinese/Indian century.
- For my parents and other babyboomers it was an unhappy time with economists predicting that the 1900s could be the worst decade since the Great Depression.
- As somebody born and raised in Chicago with both my parents born in Chicago in the early 1900s is is despicable the way the right maligns the entire city and its residents.
- And finally there’s CHERI, a period piece set in 1900s Paris where an aging courtesan (played by the still hot Michelle Pfeiffer) and a flamboyant young man (played by some British dude named Rupert Friend) near the end of their affair.