century


Definition: Meaning of, century in English to English dictionary.

Pronunciation: / ˈsɛntʃʊri /

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century centuries
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  1. one of the 100-year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ's birth
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  2. a period of 100 years
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  3. 100 RUN s scored by one CRICKET player in an INNINGS
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century used in phrases

  • 20th Century Fox
    1. a US film production company
  • century plant (noun)
    1. tropical American plants with basal rosettes of fibrous sword-shaped leaves and flowers in tall spikes; some cultivated for ornament or for fibre
  • half-century (noun)
    1. a period of 50 years
  • quarter-century (noun)
    1. a period of 25 years
  • turn of the century (noun)
    1. the period from about ten years before to ten years after a new century
  • turn-of-the-century (adjective)
    1. existing or happening around the beginning of a century, especially the beginning of the 20th century [↪  fin de siècle]
  • twentieth century (noun)
    1. the century from 1901 to 2000
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