Definitions for century
ˈsɛn tʃə ricen·tu·ry

Princeton's WordNetRate this definition:2.8 / 5 votes

1. centurynoun

   a period of 100 years

2. hundred, 100, C, century, one Cnoun

   ten 10s

WiktionaryRate this definition:2.7 / 3 votes

1. centurynoun

   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. centurynoun

   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. centurynoun

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

4. centurynoun

   A hundred things; a hundred.

5. centurynoun

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

6. centurynoun

   A ride 100 miles in length.

7. centurynoun

   A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

8. Etymology: From centuria.

Samuel Johnson's DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. CENTURYnoun

   Etymology: centuria, Lat.

   1. A hundred; usually employed to specify time; as, the second century.

   The nature of eternity is such, that, though our joys, after some centuries of years, may seem to have grown older, by having been enjoyed so many ages, yet will they really still continue new. Boyle.

   And now time’s whiter series is begun,
   Which in soft centuries shall smoothly run. Dryden.

   The lists of bishops are filled with greater numbers than one would expect; but the succession was quick in the three first centuries, because the bishop very often ended in the martyr. Joseph Addison, on the Christian Religion.

   2. It is sometimes used simply for a hundred.

   Romulus, as you may read, did divide the Romans into tribes, and the tribes into centuries or hundreds. Edmund Spenser.

   When
   With wild woodleaves and weeds I have strew’d his grave,
   And on it said a century of pray’rs,
   Such as I can, twice o’er, I’ll weep and sigh. William Shakespeare, Cymb.

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1. Century

   A century is a period of 100 years. Centuries are numbered ordinally in English and many other languages. The word century comes from the Latin centum, meaning one hundred. Century is sometimes abbreviated as c.A centenary is a hundredth anniversary, or a celebration of this, typically the remembrance of an event which took place a hundred years earlier.

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1. century

   A century is a period of 100 years that is widely used as a unit of time measurement in various contexts such as history, calendars, and human lifespan.

Webster DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. Centurynoun

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

2. Centurynoun

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

3. Centurynoun

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

4. Centurynoun

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

5. Etymology: [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 DictionaryRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

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.]

Military Dictionary and GazetteerRate this definition:0.0 / 0 votes

1. century

   In an ancient military sense, meant a hundred soldiers, who were employed in working the battering-ram.

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1. CENTURY

   According to the U.S. Census Bureau, Century is ranked #153769 in terms of the most common surnames in America.
   
   The Century surname appeared 106 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 would have the surname Century.
   
   59.4% or 63 total occurrences were Black.
   33% or 35 total occurrences were White.

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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

How to pronounce century?

1. Alex

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   David

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   Mark

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   Daniel

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   Libby

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   Mia

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   Karen

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   Hayley

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   Natasha

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   Veena

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   Priya

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   Neerja

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   Zira

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   Oliver

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   Wendy

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   Fred

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   Tessa

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How to say century in sign language?

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

Examples of century in a Sentence

1. Guillermo Bernal:

   This expression is more commonly seen in the classical period, specifically in the eighth century between the years 700 CE to 800 CE, which is the last century of the Mayan culture and very close to its collapse, in the years following 800 CE, the Mayan cities started to collapse. That (event) has a strong relationship with the frequency of the number of wars which began in this century.

2. Mark Durkan:

   Up to now, we knew there was a substantial 17th century settlement in the fields around Dunluce, what we are now beginning to uncover are traces of earlier and extensive late medieval settlement activity, which are equally as important as the remains of the 17th century Dunluce Town. This provides an exciting new avenue of research to explore as part of our future investigations at Dunluce.

3. Francis Wahlgren:

   It is recognition of probably the most significant scientific breakthrough of the 20th century and the impact of it is only being played out now in the 21st century, whole industries have developed around it.

4. Philip Hammond:

   Ukrainians can't beat the Russian army, that's not a practical proposition. There has to be a political solution, this man (Putin) has sent troops across an international border and occupied another country's territory in the 21st century acting like some mid-20th century tyrant. Civilized nations do not behave like that.

5. Henry Wallace:

   The century which we are entering can be and must be the century of the common man.

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