On this page you'll find 3 example sentences with Cento. Discover the meaning, how to use the word correctly in a sentence.
Cento meaning
A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
Using Cento
- The main meaning on this page is: A hotchpotch, a mixture; especially a piece made up of quotations from other authors, or a poem containing individual lines from other poems.
Context around Cento
- Average sentence length in these examples: 19 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 2 middle, 1 end
- Sentence types: 3 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Cento
- In this selection, "cento" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 19 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, organisation, matic and novelle stand out and add context to how "cento" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include also in cento matic he and directly from cento novelle antiche. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "cento" sits close to words such as aaaaand, aaah and aacl, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with cento
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And then Will Johnson who was also in Cento-Matic, he’s on the record. (15 words)
Boccaccio took this story directly from Cento Novelle Antiche, in which the male character is also the King of Cyprus. (20 words)
Nevertheless, Iran had resisted Pakistani pressure to activate the Baghdad Pact and draw in the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) into the conflict. (22 words)
Nevertheless, Iran had resisted Pakistani pressure to activate the Baghdad Pact and draw in the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) into the conflict. (22 words)
Boccaccio took this story directly from Cento Novelle Antiche, in which the male character is also the King of Cyprus. (20 words)
And then Will Johnson who was also in Cento-Matic, he’s on the record. (15 words)
Example sentences (3)
And then Will Johnson who was also in Cento-Matic, he’s on the record.
Boccaccio took this story directly from Cento Novelle Antiche, in which the male character is also the King of Cyprus.
Nevertheless, Iran had resisted Pakistani pressure to activate the Baghdad Pact and draw in the Central Treaty Organisation (CENTO) into the conflict.