word | century |
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definition | noun A century is a period of a hundred years that is used when stating a date. For example, the 19th century was the period from 1801 to 1900. ...celebrated figures of the late eighteenth century. ...a 17th-century merchant's house. A century is any period of a hundred years. The drought there is the worst in a century. In cricket, a century is a score of one hundred runs or more by one batsman . |
inflections | centuries |
cefr-level | A1 |
Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:a1
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