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1. (n.) century
a period of 100 years.
2. century
one of the successive periods of 100 years reckoned forward or backward from a recognized chronological epoch, esp. from the assumed date of the birth of Jesus.
3. century
any group or collection of 100.
4. century
a subdivision of the Roman legion, orig. consisting of 100 men.
5. century
one of the voting divisions of the ancient Roman people, each division having one vote.
Etymology: (1525–35; < L centuria, der. of
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| Definition of 'Century' |
Princeton's WordNet |
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1. (noun) century
a period of 100 years
2. (noun) hundred, 100, C, century, one C
ten 10s
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1. (noun) century
a particular period of 100 years
the 11th/12th/20th century
2. century
any period of 100 years
a century since his death
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Webster Dictionary |
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1. (noun) Century
a hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things
2. (noun) Century
a period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago
3. (noun) Century
a division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers
4. (noun) Century
one of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion
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Sense: a (period of a) hundred years
the 19th century; for more than a century.
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 Afrikaans: eeu |
 Arabic: مِئَةُ سَنَه |
 Bulgarian: век |
 Brazilian: século |
 Czech: století |
 German: das Jahrhundert |
 Danish: århundrede; hundredår |
 Greek: αιώνας |
 Spanish: siglo |
 Estonian: sajand |
 Farsi: قرن |
 Finnish: vuosisata |
 French: siècle |
 Hebrew: מֵאָה |
 Hindi: शताब्दी |
 Croatian: stoljeće |
 Hungarian: (év)század |
 Indonesian: abad |
 Icelandic: öld |
 Italian: secolo |
 Japanese: 世紀 |
 Korean: 세기 |
 Lithuanian: amžius, šimtmetis |
 Latvian: gadsimts |
 Malay: kurun |
 Dutch: eeuw |
 Norwegian: århundre |
 Polish: wiek, stulecie |
 Persian: قرن |
 Pashto: پېړۍ، سل كاله |
 Portuguese: século |
 Romanian: secol |
 Russian: столетие; век |
 Slovak: storočie |
 Slovenian: stoletje |
 Serbian: vek |
 Swedish: sekel |
 Thai: ศตวรรษ |
 Turkish: yüzyıl, asır |
 Taiwanese: 世紀 |
 Ukrainian: століття |
 Urdu: سو سال ، صدی |
 Vietnamese: thế kỷ |
 Chinese: 世纪 |
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