noun🔗ShareCentime(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the main unit of currency in many countries. Symbol: ¢."The price of the notebook was 50 cents. "Le prix du cahier était de 50 centimes.economyfinancebusinesscommercevalueamountassetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentimeA small sum of money."He blew every last cent."Il a dépensé le dernier centime.economyfinancebusinessvalueChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentime(money) A subunit of currency equal to one-hundredth of the euro."The train ticket cost 12 euros and 50 cents. "Le billet de train coûtait 12 euros et 50 centimes.economyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentime(money) A coin having face value of one cent (in either of the above senses)."My daughter earned a cent for helping to set the table. "Ma fille a gagné un centime pour avoir aidé à mettre la table.valueeconomyfinanceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentA hundredth of a semitone or half step."The musician meticulously adjusted the pitch, raising it by just a few cents. "Le musicien a méticuleusement ajusté la hauteur, l'augmentant de quelques cents seulement.musicsoundnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreThe point in the interior of a circle that is equidistant from all points on the circumference."The circle's center was marked with a small dot, showing the point equidistant from all the edges. "Le centre du cercle était marqué d'un petit point, indiquant le point équidistant de tous les bords.mathpointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreThe point in the interior of a sphere that is equidistant from all points on the circumference."The scientist marked the center of the sphere, the point equidistant from all its edges. "Le scientifique a marqué le centre de la sphère, le point équidistant de tous ses bords.mathspacepointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreThe middle portion of something; the part well away from the edges."The cent of the long, narrow garden plot was the sunniest spot. "Le centre de la longue et étroite parcelle de jardin était l'endroit le plus ensoleillé.partplaceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreThe point on a line that is midway between the ends."The cent of the line connecting the two houses is where the new park will be built. "Le centre de la ligne reliant les deux maisons est l'endroit où le nouveau parc sera construit.pointmathpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreThe point in the interior of any figure of any number of dimensions that has as its coordinates the arithmetic mean of the coordinates of all points on the perimeter of the figure (or of all points in the interior for a center of volume)."The geometric cent of the family's property plot is where the surveyor placed the marker for the new fence. "Le centre géométrique du terrain de la famille est l'endroit où l'arpenteur a placé le marqueur pour la nouvelle clôture.mathpointfigureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreThe subgroup (respectively, subring), denoted Z(G), of those elements of a given group (respectively, ring) G that commute with every element of G."The cent of the student council included all members who could work well with everyone else on the committee. "Le centre du conseil étudiant comprenait tous les membres qui pouvaient bien travailler avec tous les autres membres du comité.mathgrouplogicChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreA place where the greater part of some function or activity occurs."shopping center, convention center, civic center, garment center, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller Center"Centre commercial, centre de congrès, centre civique, centre de confection, Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, Rockefeller CenterplaceareaChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareEssentiel, centralA topic that is particularly important in a given context."the center of attention"le centre de l'attentionaspectvaluepointChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreA player in the middle of the playing area"The soccer team's cent moved the ball down the field. "Le centre de l'équipe de football a fait avancer le ballon sur le terrain.sportpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePivot, centreA player who can go all over the court, except the shooting circles."The basketball team's star cent was great at rebounding and passing, but he didn't shoot much. "Le pivot vedette de l'équipe de basket était excellent au rebond et à la passe, mais il ne tirait pas beaucoup.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreA pass played into the centre of the pitch."The soccer player made a good cent to the teammate waiting in the middle of the field. "Le joueur de football a fait un bon centre à son coéquipier qui attendait au milieu du terrain.sportChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentreOne of the backs operating in a central area of the pitch, either the inside centre or outside centre."The rugby team's cent, a strong player, was crucial to their victory. "Le centre de l'équipe de rugby, un joueur fort, a été crucial pour leur victoire.sportpositionChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCintreA temporary structure upon which the materials of a vault or arch are supported in position until the work becomes self-supporting."The builders used a wooden cent to hold up the archway while they laid the bricks. "Les constructeurs ont utilisé un cintre en bois pour soutenir la voûte pendant qu'ils posaient les briques.architecturebuildingstructurematerialChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePointe, pointe de centrageOne of the two conical steel pins in a lathe, etc., upon which the work is held, and about which it revolves."The woodcarver carefully positioned the small wooden figurine on the lathe's central cent. "Le sculpteur sur bois a soigneusement positionné la petite figurine en bois sur la pointe centrale du tour.machineutensiltechnicalindustryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLogement coniqueA conical recess or indentation in the end of a shaft or other work, to receive the point of a center, on which the work can turn, as in a lathe."The drill bit had a small cent at its end to fit into the rotating center of the lathe. "Le foret avait un petit logement conique à son extrémité pour s'insérer dans le centre rotatif du tour.technicalmachineparttechnologyChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareLes partis centristesThe ensemble of moderate or centrist political parties."The centrist parties formed a coalition to address the city's budget concerns. "Les partis centristes ont formé une coalition pour répondre aux préoccupations budgétaires de la ville.politicsgovernmentChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareÉchelle CelsiusA centigrade temperature scale having the freezing point of water defined as 0° and its boiling point defined as 100° at standard atmospheric pressure. Known as the Celsius scale since 1948."The thermometer showed a temperature of 25 cent. "Le thermomètre indiquait une température de 25 degrés Celsius.weathersciencephysicschemistrydegreeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentA single degree on this scale."a temperature of 34 centigrades"une température de 34 degrés centigradesdegreeunitnumberChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentA unit of angle equal to the hundredth part of a quadrant. Its symbol is gon."The architect used a protractor to measure the angle at 45 cents, marking the corner of the new building. "L'architecte a utilisé un rapporteur pour mesurer l'angle à 45 cents, marquant l'angle du nouveau bâtiment.mathnumberunitChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSatakam(Sanskrit and other Indian philology) satakam, set of one hundred verses connected by the same metre or topic"The student recited the entire cent of poems about nature. "L'étudiant a récité l'intégralité du Satakam de poèmes sur la nature.literaturelanguageChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareNote parfaite, sans fautePerfect score on a board exam"My sister received a cent on her history board exam. "Ma sœur a obtenu une note parfaite à son examen d'histoire.achievementeducationmarkChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareSiècleA 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."My grandmother was born in the 1950s, which was the middle of the 20th century. "Ma grand-mère est née dans les années 1950, qui étaient le milieu du XXe siècle.timehistoryperiodChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUnité de l'armée romaineA 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."The Roman army cent was responsible for leading a group of about 70 soldiers. "L'unité de l'armée romaine était chargée de diriger un groupe d'environ 70 soldats.militaryhistoryorganizationunitwarChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCenturieA political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly."The Roman cent held a meeting to discuss the new laws concerning property taxes. "La centurie romaine a tenu une réunion pour discuter des nouvelles lois concernant les impôts fonciers.politicsgovernmenthistoryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentA hundred things of the same kind; a hundred."The farmer harvested a cent of tomatoes this year. "Le fermier a récolté cent tomates cette année.numberamountChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCentaineA hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership."The cricketer scored a cent in the first innings. "Le joueur de cricket a marqué une centaine lors de la première manche.sportachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗SharePointA score of one hundred points."That was his tenth professional century."C'était son dixième point professionnel.numberpointachievementChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareCourse de cent unitésA race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length."The track meet's 100-meter cent was a very exciting race. "La course de 100 mètres du meeting était une course très excitante.sportraceChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareBillet de cent dollarsA banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars."My grandfather gave me a cent as a reward for good grades. "Mon grand-père m'a donné un billet de cent dollars en récompense de mes bonnes notes.financebusinessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading