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Meaning
Noun
●
In Time:
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.
●
In Military units:
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.
●
A political
division
of
ancient
Rome,
meeting
in the Centuriate Assembly.
●
In Hundred:
A
hundred
things of the same kind; a
hundred
.
●
In Cricket:
A
hundred
runs
scored
either by a
single
player
in one
innings
, or by two
player
s in a partnership.
●
In Snooker:
A
score
of
one hundred
points.
●
In Sports:
A
race
a
hundred
units
(as
meters
,
kilometres
,
miles
) in length.
●
In American English:
A
banknote
in the
denomination
of
one hundred
dollars.
Name
●
A surname.
Sourced from
Wiktionary
Origin
century
English
centuria
Latin
centum
Latin
Sourced from
Etym
Synonyms
Centennium
Yearhundred
Centenary
Hundred
Ton
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