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English

Etymology

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 a shortening of century of years.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?n.t???.?i?/, /?s?n.t???i?/, /?s?n.t????i?/
• Hyphenation: cen?tu?ry, cent?ury
• Homophone: sentry (for some speakers)

Noun

century (plural centuries)

1. A period of 100 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 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
3. A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
4. A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.
5. (cricket) A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
6. (snooker) A score of one hundred points.

7. (sports) A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
8. (US, informal) A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Synonyms

• (period of 100 consecutive years): yearhundred (very rare)
• (Roman army unit): centuria

Meronyms

• (major unit of the Roman army): cohort, maniple, legion

Derived terms

Related terms

• centurion

Translations

See also

• centennial, semicentennial, multicentennial, bicentennial, sesquicentennial, tricentennial, quadricentennial, quincentennial, sexcentennial, septicentennial, octocentennial, novocentennial
• secular, plurisecular, multisecular
• centenary, bicentenary, tricentenary, quadricentenary, quincentenary, sexcentenary, septicentenary, octocentenary, novocentenary
• centenarian, multicentenarian

Anagrams

• cuntery, curteyn