noun (plural centuries)
1 a period of 100 years
2 (abbreviation c, cent.) any of the periods of 100 years before or after the birth of Christ:
the 20th century (= AD19012000 or 19001999) * eighteenth-century writers * By the close of this century another two billion people will have been born.
3 (in cricket) a score of 100 RUNS by one player in one INNINGS
IDIOMS see TURNn.
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Sourced from Main Dictionary in Lughet's collection.
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