century

cen-tu-ry · noun

imported

Definitions

noun

  1. 1.

    A period of one hundred years.

  2. 2.

    A period of one hundred years counted from a specific date.

  3. 3.

    (cricket) A score of one hundred runs.

  4. 4.

    (historical) A company of about one hundred soldiers in ancient Rome.

Forms

plural: centuries

Phrases & expressions

  • •
    turn of the century — the period around the end of one century and the beginning of another
  • •
    for centuries — for a very long time
  • •
    centuries ago — a long time in the past

Related words

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

Etymology

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