Synonyms for
century
A period of one hundred consecutive years
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All Definitions for Century

Below are all the dictionary definitions of century:

1A period of one hundred consecutive years
2Often 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.
3A hundred things of the same kind
4A hundred.
5A hundred runs scored either by a single player in one innings, or by two players in a partnership.
6A score of one hundred points.
7A unit in ancient Roman army, originally of one hundred army soldiers as part of a cohort, later of more varied sizes (but typically containing sixty to seventy or eighty) soldiers or other men (guards, police, firemen), commanded by a centurion.
8A political division of ancient Rome, meeting in the Centuriate Assembly.
9A race a hundred units (as meters, kilometres, miles) in length.
10A banknote in the denomination of one hundred dollars.
11A surname.

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About synonyms for century

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