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- pronunciation:
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- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
noun |
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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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