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.
Значення
значень: 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, розмовне)A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
- a period of 100 years
- ten 10s
Приклади
речень: 702A hundred years is called a century.
Сто років називають віком.
ruСто лет называют веком.
deHundert Jahre nennt man ein Jahrhundert.
A century is one hundred years.
Вік — це сто років.
ruВек — это сто лет.
deEin Jahrhundert hat hundert Jahre.
He was born in the 19th century.
Він народився у дев'ятнадцятому столітті.
ruОн родился в 19-м веке.
deEr wurde im 19. Jahrhundert geboren.
My great-grandmother was born last century.
Моя прабабця народилася у минулому сторіччі.
These houses were built last century.
Переклади
мов: 9За значеннями 1
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Походження
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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