centuries

cen-tu-ries · noun

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Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    Plural of century; periods of one hundred years.

  2. 2.

    Long periods of time.

  3. 3.

    (cricket) Scores of one hundred or more runs by a batsman.

Related words

See also: century, decade, millennium, year
Synonyms: hundred years

Etymology

From Latin "centuria" meaning group of one hundred, from "centum" meaning hundred.