coming century
collocation in Englishmeaningsofcomingandcentury
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coming
adjective[before noun]
uk/ˈkʌm.ɪŋ/us/ˈkʌm.ɪŋ/
happening ...
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century
noun[C]
uk/ˈsen.tʃər.i/us/ˈsen.tʃər.i/
a period of ...
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(Definition ofcomingandcenturyfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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The book is well worth reading, providing as it does plenty of ideas for new lines of research in thecomingcentury.
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This is the great project for thecomingcentury.
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We need to be able to match those standards of housing over thecomingcentury.
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We are realizing that most of the small indigenous languages of the world are in great danger of disappearing over thecomingcentury, if they have not already disappeared.
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Water will be one of the big problems of thecomingcentury; indeed, that is quite clear from global trends.
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It is abundantly clear that one of the major issues of thecomingcenturywill concern the uses of energy.
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Has the strategic review considered any future ships so that we can meet the needs of thecomingcentury?
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At least their boards would then know the environmental priorities that we were setting them for thecomingcentury.
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Such planning and imagination will change the situation in thecomingcentury, and it is to be warmly welcomed and encouraged.
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I believe that in future consideration of our policies and in thecomingcenturyit will be very important to encourage a competitive attitude.
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But personal responsibility and choice will become the watchwords of success if the demographic challenges of thecomingcenturyare to be met successfully.
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The book explored the effects of technologies he called drivers of change on thecomingcentury.
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The third and final part of the book is devoted to predictions over thecomingcentury, from 2009 through 2099.
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Redefining opportunities and responsibilities for millions of people in a society absent of mass, formal employment is likely to be the single most pressing social issue of thecomingcentury.
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The decoding of the human genome, the unravelling of the structure of key biological molecules and the promises of stem cell technology will revolutionise medicine in thecomingcentury.
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That has never been right and it has no place in the modern industrial economy to which we aspire and, indeed which we hope to lead in thecomingcentury.
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Across the nation, the first elements of a network of employers' organizations that would span thecomingcenturywere just beginning to arise.
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This was the world's first mail order business, an idea which would change the nature of retail in thecomingcentury.
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