century
Syllables: cen·tu·ryUK/ˈsɛn.t͡ʃʊɹ.i//ˈsɛn.(t)ʃ(ə.)ɹi/
century noun: 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.
Noun
century (plural centuries)
- 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
- Meronyms: quectosecond < rontosecond < yoctosecond < zeptosecond < attosecond < femtosecond < picosecond < nanosecond < microsecond < millisecond < centisecond < decisecond < second < decasecond < minute < hectosecond < kilosecond < microcentury (humorous) < hour < day < week < megasecond <...
- Synonyms:
- age, centennium, yearhundred, centenary
- 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
- Synonyms:
- centuria
- A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
- 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...
- 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
- 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.
- A score of one hundred points.
- That was his tenth professional century.
- A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
- A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
Proper noun capitalized: Century
Century (plural Centurys)
- A surname.
century meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
century in Hindi
- period of 100 years
- शताब्दी śatābdī, सैका saikā, सदी sadī
- cricket: hundred runs
- शतक śatak
century in Tamil
- period of 100 years
- நூற்றாண்டு nūṟṟāṇṭu
- cricket: hundred runs
- சதம் catam
century in Marathi
- period of 100 years
- शतक śatak, शताब्दी śatābdī
- unit in ancient Roman army
- सेंचुरी señcurī
- cricket: hundred runs
- शतक śatak
century in Urdu
- period of 100 years
- صَدی sadī, قَرْن qarn
More languagesFewer languages
- century in Bengali
- শতাব্দী śotabdi
- century in Telugu
- శతాబ్దము śatābdamu, సెంచరీ señcarī
- century in Malayalam
- നൂറ്റാണ്ട് nūṟṟāṇṭŭ, ശതാബ്ദം śatābdaṁ
- century in Kannada
- ಶತಮಾನ śatamāna
- century in Punjabi
- ਸਦੀ sadī
- century in Gujarati
- સૈકું saikũ
- century in Odia
- ଶତାବ୍ଦୀ śatābdi
- century in Sanskrit
- शताब्द śatābda
- century in Sinhala
- සියවස siyawasa
- century in Nepali
- शताब्दी śatābdī
- century in Pashto
- پېړۍ peṛai, قرن qarn
- century in Tagalog
- dantaon, siglo
- century in Arabic
- قَرْن qarn, عَصْر ʕaṣr
- century in Malay
- abad, kurun
- century in Indonesian
- abad, kurun
- century in Thai
- ศตวรรษ sà-dtà-wát
- century in Vietnamese
- thế kỉ
- century in Myanmar
- ရာစု racu., ရာစုနှစ် racu.hnac
Examples of century in a sentence
- 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:
- 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...
Synonyms of century
- age
- centennium
- yearhundred
- centenary
- centuria
Forms of century
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | centuries |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Centurys |
Origin of century
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.
Words formed from century
- American Century
- centurial
- centuried
- centuries-long
- century break
- century egg
- centuryful
- centurylong
- century of humiliation
- century plant
- century year
- half a century
- half-century
- light century
- long eighteenth century
- long nineteenth century
- microcentury
- mid-century
- midcentury
- mid-century modern
- multicentury
- nanocentury
- of the century
- quarter-century
- semicentury
- sesquicentury
- short 20th century
- short twentieth century
- triple century
- turn of the century
- uncentury
- yestercentury
Phrases with century
Words that rhyme with century
Questions about century
- What does century mean?
- Century means 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.
- What is century in Hindi?
- Century in Hindi is शताब्दी (śatābdī), सैका (saikā), सदी (sadī). See Century meaning in Hindi.
- How do you use century in a sentence?
- They dated from the previous century and were coarsely printed on tinted paper, with tinsel outlining the design.
- What part of speech is century?
- Century can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce century?
- Century is pronounced /ˈsɛn.t͡ʃʊɹ.i/ (UK).
- What is the plural of century?
- The plural of century is centuries.
Words near century in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: century (page history and authors); Century (page history and authors); ਸਦੀ (Punjabi) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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