century

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/ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/

noun

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In plain English

  1. 01

    noun

    A period of one hundred years.

  2. 02

    noun

    Extra detail

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

Examples

  • The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.

  • Urban life in the nineteenth century is well documented.

At a glance

Sits at A1 on the CEFR scale

Senses
5
Parts of speech
1
Citations
5
Synonyms
2

Also pronounced

  • /ˈsen(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/
  • /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/

Deep Dive

noun

Extra meanings

  1. 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.

  2. 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.

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

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In context

  • What does it mean to have an educated mind in the 21st century?

  • Holonyms: kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond

  • Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < microcentury (humorous) <...

Synonyms

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Origin

noun

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 a shortening of century of years.