Merriam-Webster Collegiate Dictionary - century
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Century
century
noun (plural -ries) Etymology: Latin centuria, irregular from centum hundred Date: 1533 1. a subdivision of the Roman legion 2. a group, sequence, or series of 100 like things 3. a period of 100 years especially of the Christian era or of the preceding period of human history 4. a race over a hundred units (as yards or miles)
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n. (pl. -ies) 1 a a period of one hundred years. b any of the centuries reckoned from the birth of Christ (twentieth century = 1901-2000; fifth century BC = 500-401 BC). Usage In modern use often reckoned as (e.g.) 1900-1999. 2 a a score etc. of a hundred in a sporting event, esp. a hundred runs by one batsman in cricket. b a group of a hundred things. 3 a a company in the ancient Roman army, orig. of 100 men. b an ancient Roman political division for voting. Phrases and idioms century plant a plant, Agave americana, flowering once in many years and yielding sap from which tequila is distilled: also called American aloe (see ALOE). Etymology: L centuria f. centum hundred ...Толковый словарь английского языка Oxford English Reference
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1. столетие, век from the 17th century —- с 17 века a century of great inventions —- век великих изобретений from centuries past —- с незапамятных времен centuries of oppression —- вековой гнет 2. сотня (людей или предметов) a century of sonnets —- цикл из ста сонетов 3. разг. сто фунтов стерлингов или сто долларов; сотня, сотняга 4. сто очков (в крикете) to score a century —- выиграть сотню 5. спорт. сто ярдов; сто метров, стометровка, сто миль 6. центурия (в Древнем риме) 7. (C.) полигр. "сенчери" (шрифт) ...Новый большой англо-русский словарь
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plant noun bot. агава американская, столетник CENTURY noun 1) столетие; век 2) hist. центурия 3) сотня (чего-либо); coll. сто фунтов стерлингов; amer. сто долларов ...Англо-русский словарь
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(centuries) Frequency: The word is one of the 700 most common words in English. 1. A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900. ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century. ...a 17th-century merchant’s house. N-COUNT: usu ord N 2. A century is any period of a hundred years. The drought there is the worst in a century. N-COUNT 3. In cricket, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman. N-COUNT ...Collins COBUILD Advanced Learner's English Dictionary
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~ n 1 one of the 100-year periods counted forwards or backwards from the year of Christ's birth (twentieth-century art forms such as Cubism | the worst air disaster this century | at the turn of the century (=in or around the year 1900)) 2 a period of 100 years 3 100 runs (run2 (17)) made by one player in the game of cricket (2) in one innings (2) ...Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
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- 14c., from L. centuria "group of one hundred" (including a measure of land and a division of the Roman army headed by a centurion), from centum "hundred." The Mod.E. meaning is 1638, short for century of years. ...Английский Этимологический словарь
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