Century

Word CENTURY
Character 7
Hyphenation cen tu ry
Pronunciations /ˈsɛn.t͡ʃə.ɹiː/

Definitions and meanings of "Century"

What do we mean by century?

A period of 100 years. noun

Each of the successive periods of 100 years before or since the advent of the Christian era. noun

A unit of the Roman army originally consisting of 100 men. noun

One of the 193 electoral divisions of the Roman people. noun

A group of 100 things. noun

An obsolete form of centaury. noun

In botany, a set of dried plants containing a hundred sheets. noun

In a general sense, a hundred; anything consisting of a hundred in number. noun

Specifically In Rom. antiq.: noun

A division of the people (originally so called, probably, with reference to the approximate number of its members, though there was no fixed limit), instituted by Servius Tullius, formed with reference to taxation and to the election of magistrates and enactment of laws. noun

A subdivision of the legion, corresponding to a modern military company of infantry, and consisting nominally of a hundred men. noun

An allotment of land of varying size; especially, the area of land allotted to soldiers in a conquered country. noun

A period of one hundred years, reckoned from any starting-point: as, a century of national independence; a century of oppression. noun

A hundred; ; an aggregate of a hundred things. noun

A period of a hundred years. noun

A division of the Roman people formed according to their property, for the purpose of voting for civil officers. noun

One of sixty companies into which a legion of the army was divided. It was Commanded by a centurion. noun

A period of 100 consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.

A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of 100 army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing 60 to 70 or 80) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.

A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.

A hundred things of the same kind; a hundred.

A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.

A score of one hundred points.

A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.

A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.

Is one 50 mL shot of beer every minute for 100 minutes( this converts to roughly 10 European beers in an hour and 40 minutes). It is a drinking game popular among Backpackers and Canadians. Urban Dictionary

Doing 100 1oz shots of beer in 100 minutes. To complete the individual must take 1 shot a minute without vomiting. Most people make it to the 60-70 shot range before vomiting. Normaly several people attempt at one time. Urban Dictionary

A person born in the year 98-01 with a childlike experiences of a 90s kid and a 00s kid. Usually open minded and irresponsibly responsible. Younger than a millennium Urban Dictionary

Best band EVER. If you don't check them out, you are lame for the rest of your life. They are from Tempe, Arizona and are theeee most cutest, talented, nicest people ever! CHECK THEM OUT BRO. myspace.com/thiscentury WORD. CAUTION: Lead singer may make the stage collapse. :) Urban Dictionary

When you do 100 shots of beer over a hundred minutes (one beer shot a minute) Urban Dictionary

A short walk, or run, normally by a body of water. Alternative definition: to write a short, 10-20 sentence, paragraph describing the unpleasant effects of cycling. Urban Dictionary

Century is 100 years - 90 years which really equals 10 Urban Dictionary

The best band ever. Urban Dictionary

An extremely famous song by the four-man band from Illinois; Fall Out Boy. Urban Dictionary

A town in northwest Florida largely known for its high African-American population, poltical corruption, crime, and of course, crack and meth issues. Across the river from Jay, across the bridge from Flomaton, AL, and an hour from Pensacola. Urban Dictionary

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The word "century" in example sentences

_The Theory of Poetry in England; its development in doctrines and ideas from the sixteenth century to the nineteenth century_. ❋ Grant Showerman (N/A)

"We shall, for the present, leave Anthony propagating the monastic dispositions, and extending its influence not only into the next century, but for many ages after, and conclude this view of the state of the _third century_, with expressing our regret that the faith and love of the gospel received toward the close of it a dreadful blow from the encouragement of this unchristian practise." ❋ Unknown (1913)

If the ignorant man knows no more respecting any particular art or branch of business than was generally known during the last century, _he belongs to the last century_, and he must consent to be outstripped by those who have the light and knowledge of the present. ❋ Ira Mayhew (1854)

If we assign Beda, Bubba and Biscop to somewhere around the middle two quarters of the seventh century, at and after Paulinus’ activity in Lindsey, then the admittedly inexact method of counting generations would place their immediate predecessor Caedbaed somewhere in the early seventh century*, Winta somewhere in the early sixth century, and the last name in the list somewhere around the mid-eighth century. ❋ Carla (2010)

HPFacebookVoteV2. init (298197, 'The Conversation America Won\'t Have on Race', 'If we resided in a post-racial society then William Faulkner\'s words uttered in the 20th century would not ring true in this century-\ "The past isn\'t dead and buried. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I am more than eager to find out that I was wrong and the find of the century is about to be made! ❋ Unknown (2009)

At the present rate of change, a summer ice-free Arctic Ocean within a century is a real possibility, a state not witnessed for at least a million years. ❋ Unknown (2009)

A major trend of the first decade of this century is about accessing via the Web the opinions of more thoughtful users not just critics. ❋ Unknown (2009)

(Soundbite of music) MURPHY: Where forro will be in another century is anyone's guess. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His article suggests that the probability of a “devastating” Earth impact this century is as high as one in 10. ❋ Unknown (2008)

While in [Melbourne] some [Canadians] talked us into doing [the century]. ❋ Juda (2007)

We did a century last night and [i made it] to [71] before i [puked]. ❋ Flyboy177 (2006)

Oh my god, us [Centuries] can be so [careless] at times. A [century] like me would know. ❋ Charloexx (2015)

Person A: "WOW [This Century's] new EP is off the heeezay!" Person B: "Word." (person A turns up the [stereo]. Person A & B dance excitedly)<[333] :) ❋ Yomamafrombigbear (2009)

Man, last night i did the century, and by the time i was at the thirtieth [shot it] took me the other [59 seconds] just to [fill up] the next shot of beer. ❋ Seth Rogen (2008)

“[The other day], I did a [century]” ❋ Defnotacult (2023)

[Smart guy] ,”This is the best debate of [the century].” Wrong guy ,”[No dude], I think you mean decade.” Smart guy,”No dude, look it up.” ❋ The Living Rant (2020)

Person 1: Eh, who's [the best band ever]? Person 2 with [extremely good] [taste in music]: Duh! This Century! ❋ Reachforthesunn (2011)

Some legends are told Some [turn to] [dust] or to gold But you will remember me Remember me, for [centuries] ❋ Gourtiom (2018)

Where [you is] [gettin'] yo crack from, [brotha]? Century? ❋ Thedictionator (2009)

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