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  1. A 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

  2. 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

  3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.

    центу́рияcentúrija

  4. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

  5. 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.

  6. A score of one hundred points.

    That was his tenth professional century.

  7. A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.

  8. (США, розмовне)A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Ще визначення
  • a period of 100 years
  • ten 10s

Приклади

речень: 702
  1. A hundred years is called a century.

    Сто років називають віком.

    ruСто лет называют веком.

    deHundert Jahre nennt man ein Jahrhundert.

  2. A century is one hundred years.

    Вік — це сто років.

    ruВек — это сто лет.

    deEin Jahrhundert hat hundert Jahre.

  3. 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.

  4. My great-grandmother was born last century.

    Моя прабабця народилася у минулому сторіччі.

  5. These houses were built last century.

Українська
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period of 100 years:
Русский
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period of 100 years:
unit in ancient Roman army:
Deutsch
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informal: banknote of one hundred units:
period of 100 years:
unit in ancient Roman army:

Походження

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Rom

From 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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