Century
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century¹
- /ˈsɛn.t͡ʃʊɹ.i/ UK
- /ˈsɛnt͡ʃ.ɹi/ UK
- /ˈsɛn.(t)ʃ(ə.)ɹi/ Canada, US
- /ˈsen.(t)ʃ(ə)ɹi/ Australia, New Zealand
Sounds like sentry (for some speakers) · Rhymes with -ɛntʃʊɹiː, -ɛntʃɹiː, -ɛntʃəɹiː
Where it comes from
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.
noun 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
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
Century²
proper noun Centurys
- A surname.
