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Century meaning

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

Synonyms of Century

time period period of time period hundred 100 c one c centred large integer

Example sentences (20)

When I was writing the book, I had to do a lot of work to make the 17 century feel relevant to the 21 century.

It became a mosque in the 7th century before a new church was built in the 12th century during the Crusades.

The central love-story in this show is between a 20th-century Englishwoman and an 18th-century Scottish man.

Business as usual for the Gunner Government offering last century responses to 21st century problems.

If we want to be leaders for the 21st century, we must use every tool the 21st century has to offer.

Like most Britons, David Hume (writing in the 18th century) and John Stuart Mill (writing in the 19th century) had never seen one.

Most people have heard of the transatlantic slave trade, which lasted from the early 16th century to the mid- to late 19th century.

The Hollywood Reporter Friday that 20th Century Fox is now known as 20th Century Studios and Fox Searchlight is Searchlight Studios.

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Nor did it start with China’s “Century of Humiliation,” when European imperialist powers forcibly opened China in the mid-19th century.

Nevertheless, it was forgettable fare apart from the controversy as VAR, a 21-century phenomenon, made its debut at a 19-century ground.

Stations are at 1925 Arizona Ave. in Santa Monica, and 2030 Century Park West in Century City.

The term began to be used in Japan during the late 18th century and early 19th century to describe humorous and satirical illustrated works.

A system that is driven by technology which canfulfill the dreams of the 21st century; a system not based on the policy of the past century.

These homes thus all reflected late 19th-century and early 20th-century building styles.

How exactly was “Prince Valiant” — set in the fifth century — supposed to add a microscope, which wasn’t invented until the late 16th century?

Do we need to do more than restate the humanitarian arguments of the 20th century when the 21st century is so preoccupied with building walls?

Early Morning Quake Strikes Century CityThe magnitude-2.7 earthquake struck at 4:29 a.m. and was centered about four miles under Century City.

His half-century came up off 61 balls, and his century took another 54 balls to arrive.

The Duchy of Cornwall owned it from the late 17th century until the early 20th century.

Now, members of the Second Century Project committee for the church on Seven Locks Road in Rockville, Md. are celebrating a century of progress.

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These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:

Common combinations with century

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

  • th century 192×
  • century and 41×
  • st century 26×
  • the century 14×
  • century to 11×
  • century bc 11×
  • century of 11×
  • century ad 11×
  • century the 10×
  • nd century 8×

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "century" in a sentence?
An example: "When I was writing the book, I had to do a lot of work to make the 17 century feel relevant to the 21 century." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "century" from real English texts.
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 are synonyms of "century"?
Common synonyms of "century" include: time period, period of time, period, hundred, 100, c, one c, centred. Plus 1 more synonym.
How many example sentences with "century" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "century", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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