Centenary

What do we mean by centenary?

Of or relating to a 100-year period. adjective

Occurring once every 100 years. adjective

A 100-year period. noun

A centennial. noun

Relating to or consisting of a hundred; relating to a period of a hundred years; recurring once in every hundred years: as, a centenary festival or celebration.

Pl. centenaries (-riz). noun

The space of a hundred years. noun

What I call by this name has grown up in the last centenary — a word I may use to signify the hundred years now ending. De Morgan, in Correspondent of Oct. 28, 1865. noun

The commemoration or celebration of the hundredth anniversary of any event, as the birth of a great man: as, the centenary of Burns; the centenary of the Constitution of the United States. noun

A centenarian. noun

Relating to, or consisting of, a hundred. adjective

Occurring once in every hundred years; centennial. adjective

The aggregate of a hundred single things; specifically, a century. noun

A commemoration or celebration of an event which occurred a hundred years before. noun

Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years. adjective

A one hundredth anniversary noun

Of or relating to or completing a period of 100 years adjective

The 100th anniversary (or the celebration of it) noun

Of, pertaining to, or completing a period of 100 years.

Relating to a hundred of anything.

Words that are spelled similarly to centenary:
centenary, catenary, bicentenary, septenary, centenario, centenaire.

Words that are triggered by (strongly associated with) the word centenary:
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Words that rhyme with centenary:
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Adjectives that are often used to describe centenary:
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Nouns that are often described by the adjective centenary:
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Words that sound like centenary:
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