Century
/sˈɛntʃəri/
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Definition
(noun) 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.
Sentence Examples
What does it mean to have an educated mind in the 21st century?
The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.
CEFR Practice Quiz
We are living in the twenty-first ____ of the modern era right now.