century
A period of one hundred consecutive yearsA period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
» A hundred years is called a century.
Hundert Jahre nennt man ein Jahrhundert.
Сто лет называют веком.
Сто років називають віком.
Значение
значений: 8A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
Holonyms: kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
Jahrhundert, Säkulum
столе́тиеstolétije, векvek
столі́ттяstolíttja, сторі́ччяstoríččja, вікvik
A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion
Zenturie
центу́рияcentúrija
A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
центу́рияcentúrija
A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
He has scored 44 limited-overs centuries.
They put on a century stand to help their team recover from 57–4 to 198–4.
A score of one hundred points.
That was his tenth professional century.
A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
(США, разговорное)A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
- a period of 100 years
- ten 10s
Примеры
предложений: 702A hundred years is called a century.
Сто лет называют веком.
ukСто років називають віком.
deHundert Jahre nennt man ein Jahrhundert.
It only happens once in a century.
Это бывает раз в сто лет.
A century ago, this was just a small farm town.
Сто лет назад это был всего лишь небольшой фермерский городок.
A century is one hundred years.
Век — это сто лет.
ukВік — це сто років.
deEin Jahrhundert hat hundert Jahre.
One hundred years is called a century.
Сто лет называют веком.
deHundert Jahre nennt man ein Jahrhundert.
Переводы
языков: 9По значениям 1
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Происхождение
From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the RomFrom Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is an ellipsis of century of years.
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