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Definition of Century
1. Noun. A period of 100 years.
Group relationships: Millenary, Millennium
Terms within: Decade, Decennary, Decennium, Half-century, Quarter-century
Specialized synonyms: Quattrocento, Twentieth Century
2. Noun. Ten 10s.
Definition of Century
1. n. A hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things.
Definition of Century
1. Noun. A period of 100 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 yearhundred. ¹
2. Noun. A unit in ancient Roman, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion. ¹
3. Noun. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly. ¹
4. Noun. (archaic) A hundred things; a hundred. ¹
5. Noun. (cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership. ¹
6. Noun. (US cycling) A ride 100 miles in length. ¹
7. Noun. (US informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Century
1. a period of 100 years [n -RIES]
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