HyperDic: turn_of_the_century

English > 1 sense of the expression *turn of the century*:
NOUN	time	turn of the century	the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century

English > *turn of the century*: 1 sense > noun 1, time
Meaning	The period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century.
Broader	historic period, age	An era of history having some distinctive feature