Definitions for Century

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Century cen·tu·ry

Spelling: [sen-chuh-ree]

IPA: /ˈsɛn tʃə ri/

Century is a 7 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 14 points.

You can make 138 anagrams from letters in Century (cenrtuy).

Definitions for Century

noun

1. a period of 100 years.
2. one of the successive periods of 100 years reckoned forward or backward from a recognized chronological epoch, especially from the assumed date of the birth of Jesus.
3. any group or collection of 100:
4. (in the ancient Roman army) a company, consisting of approximately 100 men.
5. one of the voting divisions of the ancient Roman people, each division having one vote.
6. (initial capital letter) Printing. a style of type.
7. Slang. a hundred-dollar bill; 100 dollars.
8. Sports. a race of 100 yards or meters, as in track or swimming, or of 100 miles, as in bicycle racing.
9. Cricket. a score of at least 100 runs made by one batsman in a single inning.

Origin of Century

1525-35; Latin centuria unit made up of 100 parts, especially company of soldiers, equivalent to cent(um) 100 + -uria, perhaps extracted from decuria decury

Examples for Century

This is the hope that beckons us onward in this century of trial.

Warm milk mixed with a spoonful of fireplace ashes seemed to also be popular among 19th century England.

His life has been that of his century—progressive, liberal, humanitarian in its trend.

We began the 19th century with a choice, to spread our nation from coast to coast.

He regarded the changes of the century exceedingly beneficial.

Finally free of Japanese interference, Korea elected its first autonomous government in almost half a century.

In the 21st century women are earning their equality every step of the way… including the bedroom.

Even the legendary 1980s televisions show Dallas is back on the air, selling its twenty-first century brand of Texas bravado.

For more than a century, Americans have been fretting about these sorts of ghosts.

The second third of this century has been a time of proud achievement.