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century

noun
century pronunciation English ˈsentʃəri century pronunciation American ˈsentʃəri
plural centuries
 
1 a period of 100 years2 (abbr. c, cent.) any of the periods of 100 years before or after the birth of Christthe 20th century (= AD 1901–2000 or 1900–1999)eighteenth-century writersBy the close of this century another two billion people will have been born.3 (in cricket) a score of 100 runs by one player
Idioms
see the turn of the century/year at turn noun