century
♦♦♦ cen|tu|ry /s'entʃəri/ (centuries)
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A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.
...a 17th-century merchant's house.
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A century is any period of a hundred years.
The drought there is the worst in a century.
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In cricket, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.
1 [N-COUNT] usu ord N
A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900.
...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century.
...a 17th-century merchant's house.
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A century is any period of a hundred years.
The drought there is the worst in a century.
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In cricket, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman.