Princeton's WordNet(2.67 / 3 votes)Rate this definition:

1. century(noun)

   a period of 100 years

2. hundred, 100, C, century, one C(noun)

   ten 10s

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1. century(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.

2. century(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.

3. century(Noun)

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

4. century(Noun)

   A hundred things; a hundred.

5. century(Noun)

   A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.

6. century(Noun)

   A ride 100 miles in length.

7. century(Noun)

   A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Origin: From centuria.

Webster Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Century(noun)

   a hundred; as, a century of sonnets; an aggregate of a hundred things

2. Century(noun)

   a period of a hundred years; as, this event took place over two centuries ago

3. Century(noun)

   a division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers

4. Century(noun)

   one of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion

Origin: [L. centuria (in senses 1 & 3), fr. centum a hundred: cf. F. centurie. See Cent.]

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1. Century

   A century is one hundred consecutive years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages.

Chambers 20th Century Dictionary(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition:

1. Century

   sen′tū-ri, n. a hundred, or something consisting of a hundred in number, as sonnets, &c.: a hundred years.—adj. Centū′rial.—ns. Centū′riātor, the centuriators of Magdeburg were a group of Reformed divines who in the 16th century compiled a church history in 13 vols., each volume covering a century; Centū′rion, among the Romans, the commander of a hundred men.—Century plant (see Agave). [L. centuria—centum.]

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British National Corpus

1. Spoken Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Century' in Spoken Corpus Frequency: #439

2. Written Corpus Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Century' in Written Corpus Frequency: #1580

3. Nouns Frequency

   Rank popularity for the word 'Century' in Nouns Frequency: #136

Numerology

1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of Century in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of Century in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Sample Sentences & Example Usage

1. Graham Greene:

   Reality in our century is not something to be faced.

2. Ana Debenedetti:

   Botticelli in a way set the 20th-century ideal of beauty.

3. Christopher Darden:

   Is this the parole hearing of the century ? I guess it is.

4. Henry Ward Beecher:

   The philosophy of one century is the common sense of the next.

5. William Lyon Phelps:

   The fear of life is the favorite disease of the twentieth century.

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