Century 20th ˈsentʃəri Noun Bre Ad Eighteenth Century Writers

• the 20th century (= ad 1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
• eighteenth-century writers
• by the close of this century another two billion people will have been born.
• america’s influence on culture grew throughout the 20th century.

century

1. a period of 100 years
2. any of the periods of 100 years before or after the birth of Christ
• the 20th century (= AD 1901–2000 or 1900–1999)
• eighteenth-century writers
• By the close of this century another two billion people will have been born.
3. a score of 100 runs by one player
• See related entries: Cricket
  https://www.oxfordlearnersdictionaries.com/topic/cricket/century
4. the time when a new century/year starts
• It was built at the turn of the century.

Extra Examples

• America’s influence on culture grew throughout the 20th century.
• As the 21st century dawned, the Internet promised to reshape society.
• As we enter the 21st century, the challenges facing our world seem overwhelming.
• He lived in the 16th century.
• It was built in the 20th century.
• Later centuries saw the development of a complex agricultural system.
• The 19th century witnessed the publication of many books on the history of art.
• The city’s population doubled during the 19th century.
• There have been orchards in this region for centuries.
• a 17th-century building
• a celebration to welcome the new century
• a centuries old custom
• a collection of paintings spanning four centuries
• a marble floor worn smooth over the centuries
• a tradition passed down through the centuries
• A century ago, weavers and bricklayers in this working class district won some of the earliest strikes for the ten-hour day.

Word Origin

• late Middle English originally referring to a company in the ancient Roman army, of a hundred men: from Latin centuria, from centum ‘hundred’. Sense (1) dates from the early 17th cent.