century
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- noun
- /ˈsɛnʧəri/
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- He plans to write a book about the events of the last century.
- twentieth century
- nineteenth century
- 21st century
And so it was half a century and we've not been back.
- And so it was half a century and we've not been back.
- Like how many feet per century based on the media?
- The work and prayers of centuries have brought us to this day.
- You may think it was centuries old, but it isn't.
- I mean, we, this, this hangover from the last century, they're still going on.
- And that is this old turn of the century pair of tailor's scissors.
- That's what's going to be fought out this century, that question.
- Because she was, and she overturned centuries of stereotyping.
- They sailed right through the whole century without being divided up.
- In many ways, this past century has brought remarkable advances.
- In the latter half, the past century, I was on a show called Cheers.
- So for centuries, women could not seduce men.
- And so, you know, a century later, it's time.
- So it will come, maybe the next century, but it will come.
- As you know, the through the centuries Epicureanism spread.
- Grant me those days, thou who art the centuries and time itself.
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The walls began to fall apart in the 19th century when they lost military significance.
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In the latter half, the past century, I was on a show called Cheers.
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At least for most of last century this was not possible.
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That act went out a century ago.
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Sometimes I think you came to us from another century.
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I want to have only 19th century thoughts in my mind.
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Then sometime later this century, I'll grow old and die.
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Resolution of this last financial crisis of the 20th century followed the usual pattern.
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The beginning of the 13th century was a time of turmoil.
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Almost all the great Muslim thinkers of the last century have been deeply conservative.
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A period of years around the start of a new century, about ten years before and after
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Etymology
Century comes from the Latin word centum, which means 'hundred', and you can see the same root in cent and percent. So a century is a period of 100 years.