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century

/ˈsɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹiː/

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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.

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"My grandparents celebrated their 50th wedding anniversary this year, marking the end of the twentieth century. "

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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.

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"The Roman army century was a unit of about 70 soldiers. "

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

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"The Roman century was a unit of soldiers in the Roman army. "

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A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

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"The school library has a century of children's books. "

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A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.

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"The cricket team celebrated the century scored by their captain in the last innings. "

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A score of one hundred points.

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"That was his tenth professional century."

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A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.

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"The marathon runners completed the century race in record time. "

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A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

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"My grandfather gave me a century for my birthday. "

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