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Word: Century
Speech Type: Noun
late Middle English (in century (sense 3)): from Latin centuria, from centum ‘hundred’. century (sense 1) dates from the early 17th century
ˈsɛntʃ(ʊ)ri
a period of one hundred years
Short Definition:period of 100 years
Examples:- the company has been on its present site for over a century
- a century ago most people walked to work
a score of a hundred in a sporting event, especially a batter's score of a hundred runs in a cricket match
Short Definition:score of 100
Examples:- he scored the only century of the tour
a company in the ancient Roman army, originally of a hundred men.
Short Definition:company of Roman troops
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