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century

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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.

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

cen·turi·al adj.
centu·ry·long adj.

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]

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.
ThesaurusLegend:  Synonyms Related Words Antonyms
Noun1.centurycentury - 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.centurycentury - ten 10s
large integer - an integer equal to or greater than ten
Translations
Spanish century [ˈsɛntjurɪ] nsiglo;
20th century → siglo veinte;
in the twentieth century → en el siglo veinte

French century [ˈsɛntjurɪ] nsiècle m;
in the twentieth century → au vingtième siècle

German century [ˈsɛntjurɪ] nJahrhundert nt;
(Cricket) → Hundert f;
in the twentieth century → im zwanzigsten Jahrhundert

Italian century [ˈsɛntjurɪ] nsecolo;
in the twentieth century → nel ventesimo secolo

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Saintsbury's book--a writer who has dealt with all the perturbing influences of our century in a manner as classical, as idiomatic, as easy and elegant, as Steele's:
, and the evidence stated above points to the middle of the ninth century as the probable date for the "Works and Days".
The adventures of the Yellow Diamond begin with the eleventh century of the Christian era.
 
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