century

/ˈsɛn.tʃə.ɹi/

nouncen · tu · ry

Think: a CENtury has CEN (like “ten” with a C) at the start, and it ends with -tury like “history.”

Yes, it's century. Don’t write *centary*—the middle is **-tu-** (cen-tu-ry), not **-ta-**.

Definitions

  1. nouna period of 100 years
  2. nouna particular hundred-year period in history (for example, the 20th century)

Examples

  • A century is made up of one hundred years.
  • The school celebrated a century of learning with a big reunion.
  • Many inventions changed daily life during the twentieth century.

Synonyms

hundred yearshundred-year perioderaagecentennial period

Translations

ES sigloPT séculoFR siècle

Common misspellings

centerycentrysenturycentarycenturrycentureycentu rycentuery

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