century

cen·tu·ry  (snch-r)

n. pl. cen·tu·ries

1. Abbr. C. or c. or cent.

a. A period of 100 years.

b. Each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian era.

2.

a. A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men.

b. One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people.

3. A group of 100 things.

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[Latin centuria, a group of a hundred, from centum, hundred; see dek in Indo-European roots.]

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cen·turi·al adj.

centu·ry·long adj.

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century

Noun

pl -ries

1. a period of 100 years

2. a score of 100 runs in cricket

3. (in ancient Rome) a unit of foot soldiers, originally consisting of 100 men [Latin centuria]

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Century a group of a hundred things; a period of one hundred years; a body of one hundred men or troops.

Examples: century of copies, 1867; of sultrying passions, 1598; of prayers, 1611; of sonnets, 1855; of troops; of words, 1737; of years.

Thesaurus

Noun	1.	century - a period of 100 years period, period of time, time period - an amount of time; "a time period of 30 years"; "hastened the period of time of his recovery"; "Picasso's blue period" millennium, millenary - a span of 1000 years decade, decennary, decennium - a period of 10 years quattrocento - the 15th century in Italian art and literature twentieth century - the century from 1901 to 2000 half-century - a period of 50 years quarter-century - a period of 25 years
	2.	century - ten 10s 100, hundred, one C, C large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten

Translations

century [ˈsɛntjurɪ] n → siglo;

20th century → siglo veinte;

in the twentieth century → en el siglo veinte

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century [ˈsɛntjurɪ] n → siècle m;

in the twentieth century → au vingtième siècle

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century [ˈsɛntjurɪ] n → Jahrhundert nt;

(Cricket) → Hundert f;

in the twentieth century → im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert

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century [ˈsɛntjurɪ] n → secolo;

in the twentieth century → nel ventesimo secolo