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"Holonyms: kiloannum, kiloyear, millennium < terasecond < mega-annum, megayear < petasecond < giga-annum, gigayear < exasecond < zettasecond < yottasecond < ronnasecond < quettasecond"
"Holonyms: maniple, cohort, legion"
"'tis the subject of whole books: I might cite a century of authors pro and con."
"He has scored 44 limited-overs centuries."
"That was his tenth professional century."
"What does it mean to have an educated mind in the 21st 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.
Common synonyms include: 100, 100 runs, a hundred, abundant year, academic year, aeon.
What does it mean to have an educated mind in the 21st century?
Pronounced /ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi/.
From Middle English centurie (“a count of one hundred (of anything); a division of the Roman army; century; a division of land”), from Old French centurie, from Latin centuria, from centum (“one hundred”). The most common modern use is a shortening of century of years.