centennium — meaning in English
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English meaning
- century noun A period of one hundred years.
Senses
centennium is used for these senses in English:
- century A period of one hundred consecutive years; often specifically a numbered period with conventional start and end dates, e.g., the twentieth century, which stretches from (strictly) 1901 through 2000, or (informally) 1900 through 1999. The first century AD was from 1 to 100.
century — full definition
- noun A period of one hundred years.
- noun In cricket, a score of one hundred runs by a single batsman in an innings.
- noun A unit of the ancient Roman army, originally about a hundred soldiers.