Century
11century — ► NOUN (pl. centuries) 1) a period of one hundred years. 2) a batsman s score of a hundred runs in cricket. 3) a company of a hundred men in the ancient Roman army. USAGE Strictly speaking, centuries run from 01 to 100, meaning that the new… …
12century — 1530s, one hundred (of anything), from L. centuria group of one hundred (including a measure of land and a division of the Roman army, one sixteenth of a legion, headed by a centurion), from centum hundred (see HUNDRED (Cf. hundred)) on analogy… …
13Century — Cette page d’homonymie répertorie les différents sujets et articles partageant un même nom. Century, terme anglais signifiant siècle, se retrouve dans : Sommaire 1 Toponymes 2 Musique …
14Century — For other uses, see Century (disambiguation). Centuries , Centenary , Centennial , and Centennials redirect here. For other uses, see Centuries (disambiguation), Centenary (disambiguation), Centennial (disambiguation), and Centennials… …
15century — noun ADJECTIVE ▪ 19th, 20th, etc. ▪ It was built in the 20th century. ▪ a 17th century building ▪ earlier, last …
16century */*/*/ — UK [ˈsentʃərɪ] / US noun Word forms century : singular century plural centuries 1) [countable] a period of 100 years, usually counted from a year ending in –00. For example, the 20th century is the period from 1900 to 1999 His family has ruled… …
17century — n. 1) from; to a century (from the fifth to the tenth century) 2) in a century (in the ninth century) 3) over, through the centuries * * * [ sentʃərɪ] through the centuryries to a century (from the fifth to the tenth century) from over in a… …
18century — cen|tu|ry [ sentʃəri ] noun *** 1. ) count a period of 100 years, usually counted from a year ending in 00. For example, the 20th century is the period from 1900 to 1999: They discovered paintings dating from the 17th century. the early/mid/late… …
19century — cen|tu|ry W1S1 [ˈsentʃəri] n plural centuries [Date: 1300 1400; : Latin; Origin: centuria, from centum; CENT] 1.) one of the 100 year periods measured from before or after the year of Christ s birth the 11th/18th/21st etc century ▪ The church was …
20century — [[t]se̱ntʃəri[/t]] ♦ centuries 1) N COUNT: usu ord N A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900. The material position of the Church had been declining …
