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century en · NOUN

Pronunciation

  • /ˈsen.(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/ (Australia, New-Zealand)
  • /ˈsɛn.t͡ʃʊɹ.i/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • (California) audio
  • /ˈsɛnt͡ʃ.ɹi/ (Received-Pronunciation)
  • /ˈsɛn.(t)ʃ(ə.)ɹi/ (Canada, General-American)
  • audio Queensland

Etymology

From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is an ellipsis of century of years.

Meanings

  1. A period of one hundred 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.
    • Holonyms: kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond
    • Since the launch early last year of […] two Silicon Valley start-ups offering free education through MOOCs, massive open online courses, the ivory towers of academia have been shaken to their foundations. University brands built in some cases over centuries have been forced to contemplate the possibility that information technology will rapidly make their existing business model obsolete. 2013 July 20, “The attack of the MOOCs”, in The Economist, volume 408, number 8845, archived from the original on 04 Apr 2021:
    • But in fact the antinomy of exceptionalism and assimilationism has been there all along, and otherwise puzzling decisions from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries become readily understandable when seen as moments when assimilationism was ascendant. […] The Supreme Court confirmed this more than a century ago and has maintained it consistently ever since. 2024 September 30, Michael Doran, “EXCEPTIONALISM AND ASSIMILATIONISM IN FEDERAL INDIAN LAW”, in Stanford Law School, volume 20, number 2, pages 268, 274, archived from the original on 24 Feb 2025:
    • In 16th and 17th century Britain, for example, women’s alopecia was sometimes interpreted as retribution for sins, including adultery. 2024 March 31, Glen Jankowski, “Alopecia in art history: The many ways women’s hair loss has been interpreted”, in CNN, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2025:
    • Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < microcentury (humorous) < hour < day < week < megasecond < fortnight < month < year < gigasecond
    • He stood transfixed before the unaccustomed view of London at night time, a vast panorama which reminded him […] of some wood engravings far off and magical, in a printshop in his childhood. They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design. 1963, Margery Allingham, “Foreword”, in The China Governess: A Mystery, London: Chatto & Windus, →OCLC:
  2. A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
    • Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion
  3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
  4. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
    • 'tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro and con. 1624, Democritus Junior [pseudonym; Robert Burton], The Anatomy of Melancholy: […], 2nd edition, Oxford, Oxfordshire: […] John Lichfield and James Short, for Henry Cripps, →OCLC, partition II, section 4, member 2, subsection i:
    • Hamilton reached his century 14 years after securing his maiden pole in the Canadian Grand Prix in 2007, which he went on to win to take the first step on the road to becoming Formula One's most successful driver. 2021 May 8, “'It's like my first' - history-maker Hamilton celebrates century of poles”, in France 24, archived from the original on 28 Mar 2022:
  5. A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
    • He has scored 44 limited-overs centuries.
    • They put on a century stand to help their team recover from 57–4 to 198–4.
  6. A score of one hundred points.
    • That was his tenth professional century.
  7. A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
  8. (US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Forms

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centuries Number=Plur lexicographic

Deriveds

century year · light century · turn of the century · triple century · half a century · short 20th century · long nineteenth century · mid-century · multicentury · quarter-century · nanocentury · century plant · long eighteenth century · centuries-long · centuryful · semicentury · yestercentury · short twentieth century · microcentury · century egg · century break · of the century · century of humiliation · American Century · uncentury · half-century · midcentury · centuried · sesquicentury · centurylong · mid-century modern · centurial

Descendants

senituri

Relateds

centenary · quincentennial · octocentenary · semicentennial · sexcentennial · centenarian · septicentennial · multisecular · tricentennial · centurion · sesquicentennial · quadricentennial · bicentenary · sexcentenary · septicentenary · quincentenary · tricentenary · plurisecular · multicentennial · bicentennial · novocentenary · multicentenarian · centennial · secular · quadricentenary · octocentennial · novocentennial

Synonyms

centenary · age · centennium · centuria · yearhundred

Translations (296)

sw karne (period of 100 years) · mi rautau (period of 100 years) · mt ċentinarju (period of 100 years) · la centuria (political division of Rome) · az yüzillik (period of 100 years) · ext sigru (period of 100 years) · dng шыҗи (period of 100 years) · fa-ira قَرْن (period of 100 years) · ps قرن (period of 100 years) · an sieglo (period of 100 years) · prs قَرْن (period of 100 years) · bn শতাব্দী (period of 100 years) · ky гасыр (period of 100 years) · izh sajanti (period of 100 years) · frr Jaarhönert (period of 100 years) · el εκατονταετία (period of 100 years) · arz جيل (period of 100 years) · sl stoletje (period of 100 years) · mk век (period of 100 years) · it secolo (period of 100 years) · ja 世紀 (period of 100 years) · fi vuosisata (period of 100 years) · ms ابد (period of 100 years) · hsb lětstotk (period of 100 years) · stq Jierhunnert (period of 100 years) · sco centurie (period of 100 years) · sh стотина (unit in ancient Roman army) · de Zenturie (unit in ancient Roman army) · be стаго́дзьдзе (period of 100 years) · mn зуун (period of 100 years) · hi शताब्दी (period of 100 years) · wa sieke (period of 100 years) · pl centuria (political division of Rome) · fo øld (period of 100 years) · pt centúria (unit in ancient Roman army) · eu mende (period of 100 years) · vo tumyel (period of 100 years) · it centuria (unit in ancient Roman army) · te సెంచరీ (cricket: hundred runs) · ko 세기 (period of 100 years) · nl centurie (political division of Rome) · tt гасыр (period of 100 years) · uk вік (period of 100 years) · my ရာစု (period of 100 years) · ang ieldu (period of 100 years) · eu gizaldi (period of 100 years) · kpv нэм (period of 100 years) · sh stòleće (period of 100 years) · ast centuria (period of 100 years) · ba ғасыр (period of 100 years) · av гӏасру (period of 100 years) · sh vȇk (period of 100 years) · ne शताब्दी (period of 100 years) · fr centurie (political division of Rome) · ckb سەدە (period of 100 years) · prs عَصْر (period of 100 years) · dsb stolěśe (period of 100 years) · lad siekolo (period of 100 years) · uz asr (period of 100 years) · ga céad (period of 100 years) · vep vozʹsada (period of 100 years) · fy ieu (period of 100 years) · es centuria (period of 100 years) · el εκατονταρχία (unit in ancient Roman army) · ky жүзжылдык (period of 100 years) · ga aois (period of 100 years) · fi kenturia (unit in ancient Roman army) · nan-hbl 世紀 /世纪 (period of 100 years) · prs سَدَه (period of 100 years) · ca centúria (political division of Rome) · ckb قەرن (period of 100 years) · mhr курым (period of 100 years) · oc sègle (period of 100 years) · ig senchụ̄rị̀ (period of 100 years) · ca centúria (unit in ancient Roman army) · ky кылым (period of 100 years) · koi ним (period of 100 years) · la centennium (period of 100 years) · da århundred (period of 100 years) · pl stulecie (period of 100 years) · te శతాబ్దము (period of 100 years) · lad sekolo (period of 100 years) · cs století (period of 100 years) · ru центу́рия (unit in ancient Roman army) · ia seculo (period of 100 years) · sv sekel (period of 100 years) · ast sieglu (period of 100 years) · be век (period of 100 years) · ml നൂറ്റാണ്ട് (period of 100 years) · yo sẹ́ńtúrì (period of 100 years) · he מֵאָה (period of 100 years) · bin ìkpíyīsẹ̄n (period of 100 years) · izh voossata (period of 100 years) · hrx Joherhunnerd (period of 100 years) · to senituli (period of 100 years) · nrf siécl'ye (period of 100 years) · ms kurun (period of 100 years) · sq centurie (unit in ancient Roman army) · es siglo (period of 100 years) · ta நூற்றாண்டு (period of 100 years) · kw cansbledhen (period of 100 years) · rue сторо́ча (period of 100 years) · th ศตวรรษ (period of 100 years) · km សតវត្ស (period of 100 years) · tl dantaon (period of 100 years) · si සියවස (period of 100 years) · sk storočie (period of 100 years) · hu század (period of 100 years) · ml ശതാബ്ദം (period of 100 years) · lt centurija (unit in ancient Roman army) · da århundrede (period of 100 years) · sh stotina (unit in ancient Roman army) · ps پېړۍ (period of 100 years) · uk столі́ття (period of 100 years) · so qarnigii (period of 100 years) · pap siglo (period of 100 years) · ar عَصْر (period of 100 years) · pl wiek (period of 100 years) · nrf syekly (period of 100 years) · vro aastagasada (period of 100 years) · lt amžius (period of 100 years) · fi satanen (sports: race a hundred units in length) · sh stòljeće (period of 100 years) · cdo 世紀 /世纪 (period of 100 years) · fa-ira سَدِه (period of 100 years) · sc sèculu (period of 100 years) · ru столе́тие (period of 100 years) · io yarcento (period of 100 years) · es centuria (unit in ancient Roman army) · qu pachak (period of 100 years) · tl siglo (period of 100 years) · gl centuria (unit in ancient Roman army) · uk сторі́ччя (period of 100 years) · ood siant ahithag (period of 100 years) · gu સૈકું (period of 100 years) · lb Joerhonnert (period of 100 years) · sh вије̑к (period of 100 years) · lv gadsimts (period of 100 years) · kk ғасыр (period of 100 years) · mk столетие (period of 100 years) · sh сто̀љеће (period of 100 years) · gl centuria (period of 100 years) · ceb gatosan (period of 100 years) · sm senituri (period of 100 years) · af eeu (period of 100 years) · nl centurie (unit in ancient Roman army) · tr yüzyıl (period of 100 years) · gl centuria (political division of Rome) · ka ასწლეული (period of 100 years) · sa शताब्द (period of 100 years) · ms abad (period of 100 years) · kmr sedsal (period of 100 years) · mr शतक (cricket: hundred runs) · br kantved (period of 100 years) · lt centurija (political division of Rome) · alt јӱсјылдык (period of 100 years) · li iew (period of 100 years) · vi thế kỉ (period of 100 years) · krl vuozisada (period of 100 years) · yo ọgọ́rùn-ún-ọdún (period of 100 years) · eo jarcento (period of 100 years) · ug ئەسىر (period of 100 years) · so qarni (period of 100 years) · hy դար (period of 100 years) · am ክፍለ ዘመን (period of 100 years) · kmr qirn (period of 100 years) · he קנטוריה (unit in ancient Roman army) · ceb siglo (period of 100 years) · ro centurie (political division of Rome) · pt século (period of 100 years) · crh yüz (period of 100 years) · alt јӱс јыл (period of 100 years) · bg центу́рия (unit in ancient Roman army) · ro veac (period of 100 years) · ay patacmara (period of 100 years) · tg қарн (period of 100 years) · kl ukiut hundredikkuutaat (period of 100 years) · frs äiw (period of 100 years) · nso ngwagakgolo (period of 100 years) · pl centuria (unit in ancient Roman army) · wuu 世紀 /世纪 (period of 100 years) · hsb lětstotk (period of 100 years) · sh ве̑к (period of 100 years) · ru век (period of 100 years) · el αιώνας (period of 100 years) · tk asyr (period of 100 years) · rm tschientaner (period of 100 years) · rsk вик (period of 100 years) · sco year-hunder (period of 100 years) · sco yeirhunder (period of 100 years) · tk senturiýa (unit in ancient Roman army) · tr asır (period of 100 years) · frr juarhunert (period of 100 years) · fr siècle (period of 100 years) · cjs чӱс чыл (period of 100 years) · kn ಶತಮಾನ (period of 100 years) · frs jorhunnert (period of 100 years) · ba быуат (period of 100 years) · yi יאָרהונדערט (period of 100 years) · sh сто̀леће (period of 100 years) · gl século (period of 100 years) · evn няма̄дӣ анӈанӣл (period of 100 years) · sv århundrade (period of 100 years) · mr शतक (period of 100 years) · fr centurie (unit in ancient Roman army) · da centurie (unit in ancient Roman army) · sq shekull (period of 100 years) · ta சதம் (cricket: hundred runs) · yue 世紀 /世纪 (period of 100 years) · sl stotnija (unit in ancient Roman army) · ca segle (period of 100 years) · ceb kagatosan (period of 100 years) · mk центурија (unit in ancient Roman army) · pt centúria (political division of Rome) · fi satanen (hundred things of the same kind) · os ӕнус (period of 100 years) · za seiqgeij (period of 100 years) · ru центу́рия (political division of Rome) · id kurun (period of 100 years) · rsk сторочє (period of 100 years) · fa-ira عَصْر (period of 100 years) · ur قَرْن (period of 100 years) · la saeculum (period of 100 years) · or ଶତାବ୍ଦୀ (period of 100 years) · sq centurie (political division of Rome) · ce бӏешо (period of 100 years) · ro centurie (unit in ancient Roman army) · mr शताब्दी (period of 100 years) · zdj karne (period of 100 years) · ca centúria (period of 100 years) · pdt Hundatjoa (period of 100 years) · hi सदी (period of 100 years) · ms قرون (period of 100 years) · nrf syiclle (period of 100 years) · nb århundre (period of 100 years) · kmr sede (period of 100 years) · cy canrif (period of 100 years) · cy canrif (unit in ancient Roman army) · az əsr (period of 100 years) · lo ສັດຕະວັດ (period of 100 years) · my ရာစုနှစ် (period of 100 years) · hak 世紀 /世纪 (period of 100 years) · nl eeuw (period of 100 years) · om jaarraa (period of 100 years) · sk stotina (unit in ancient Roman army) · ha ƙarni (period of 100 years) · liv sadāāigastõd (period of 100 years) · rsk столїтиє (period of 100 years) · is öld (period of 100 years) · lt šimtinė (unit in ancient Roman army) · kl ukiut hunnorujukkuutaat (period of 100 years) · fi satanen (snooker: score of one hundred points) · la centuria (unit in ancient Roman army) · et tsentuuria (unit in ancient Roman army) · it centuria (political division of Rome) · fi satamäärä (hundred things of the same kind) · xsv simtmetis (period of 100 years) · zza seser (period of 100 years) · rom šul breš (period of 100 years) · yo ọ̀rúndún (period of 100 years) · sh vijȇk (period of 100 years) · hi सैका (period of 100 years) · ar قَرْن (period of 100 years) · cmn 世紀 /世纪 (period of 100 years) · sah үйэ (period of 100 years) · tg аср (period of 100 years) · be стаго́ддзе (period of 100 years) · de Jahrhundert (period of 100 years) · rm secul (period of 100 years) · de Säkulum (period of 100 years) · mr सेंचुरी (unit in ancient Roman army) · ka საუკუნე (period of 100 years) · jv abad (period of 100 years) · co seculu (period of 100 years) · atv чӱс чыл (period of 100 years) · bg столе́тие (period of 100 years) · cv ӗмӗр (period of 100 years) · hi शतक (cricket: hundred runs) · rom शुल ब्रेश (period of 100 years) · lt šimtmetis (period of 100 years) · mt seklu (period of 100 years) · bg век (period of 100 years) · frr jeerhunert (Ockholm) (period of 100 years) · ro secol (period of 100 years) · prg mettasimtan (period of 100 years) · fi satanen (informal: banknote of one hundred units) · et sajand (period of 100 years) · nrf siaeclle (period of 100 years) · frr jäärhonert (Langenhorn) (period of 100 years) · id abad (period of 100 years) · eo centjaro (period of 100 years) · de Hunni (informal: banknote of one hundred units) · mk центу́рија (political division of Rome) · ur صَدی (period of 100 years) · hu évszázad (period of 100 years) · gv eash (period of 100 years)

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