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cen·tu·ry
 century
- pronunciation:
- sen
ch
ri
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| part of speech: |
noun |
| inflections: |
centuries |
| definition 1: |
a unit of time equal to one hundred years.
Some giant tortoises live for more than a century. |
| definition 2: |
one of successive periods of one hundred years, usu. counted before or after the birth of Jesus Christ.
Two world wars took place in the twentieth century. |
| related words: |
age |
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