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.
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» He was born in the 19th century.
Er wurde im 19. Jahrhundert geboren. — MUIRIEL
Он родился в 19-м веке. — shanghainese
Он родился в девятнадцатом веке. — marafon
Він народився у дев'ятнадцятому столітті. — deniko
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702 sentencesHe was born in the 19th century.
Він народився у дев'ятнадцятому столітті. — deniko
ruОн родился в 19-м веке. — shanghainese
deEr wurde im 19. Jahrhundert geboren. — MUIRIEL
A hundred years is called a century.
Сто років називають віком. — deniko
ruСто лет называют веком. — Wezzel
deHundert Jahre nennt man ein Jahrhundert. — MUIRIEL
My great-grandmother was born last century.
Моя прабабця народилася у минулому сторіччі. — deniko
Meaning
8 sensesA 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, Hunni
центу́рияcentúrija
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.
More meanings 5
A score of one hundred points.
That was his tenth professional century.
A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
центу́рияcentúrija
A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
(US, informal)A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
- a period of 100 years
- ten 10s
Origin
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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plural: centuriesSynonyms
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