What does it mean to have an educated mind in the 21st century?
Source: tatoeba (1750)
Century
//ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊɹi//
Synonyms for "century" (149 found)
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Closest matches (30)
Strong matches (45)
Related words (74)
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Noun(4 words)
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4 entriesAntonyms
1 entriesSynonyms
3 entriesRelated terms
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
capable of
1 entriesderived
32 entriesShowing 16 of 32 words.
distinct from
1 entrieshas context
3 entriesis a
6 entriespart of
2 entriesrelated to
90 entriesShowing 16 of 90 words.
Translations
294 translations across 160 languages.
Afrikaans
1 entries- eeu noun (period of 100 years)
Albanian
3 entries- centurie noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centurie noun (political division of Rome)
- shekull noun (period of 100 years)
Amharic
1 entries- ክፍለ ዘመን noun (period of 100 years)
Arabic
3 entries- جيل noun (period of 100 years)
- عَصْر noun (period of 100 years)
- قَرْن noun (period of 100 years)
Aragonese
1 entries- sieglo noun (period of 100 years)
Armenian
1 entries- դար noun (period of 100 years)
Asturian
2 entries- centuria noun (period of 100 years)
- sieglu noun (period of 100 years)
Avar
1 entries- гӏасру noun (period of 100 years)
Aymara
1 entries- patacmara noun (period of 100 years)
Azerbaijani
2 entries- yüzillik noun (period of 100 years)
- əsr noun (period of 100 years)
Bashkir
2 entries- быуат noun (period of 100 years)
- ғасыр noun (period of 100 years)
Basque
2 entries- gizaldi noun (period of 100 years)
- mende noun (period of 100 years)
Belarusian
3 entries- век noun (period of 100 years)
- стаго́ддзе noun (period of 100 years)
- стаго́дзьдзе noun (period of 100 years)
Bengali
1 entries- শতাব্দী noun (period of 100 years)
Breton
1 entries- kantved noun (period of 100 years)
Bulgarian
3 entries- век noun (period of 100 years)
- столе́тие noun (period of 100 years)
- центу́рия noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Burmese
2 entries- ရာစု noun (period of 100 years)
- ရာစုနှစ် noun (period of 100 years)
Carpathian Rusyn
1 entries- сторо́ча noun (period of 100 years)
Catalan
4 entries- centúria noun (period of 100 years)
- centúria noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centúria noun (political division of Rome)
- segle noun (period of 100 years)
Cebuano
3 entries- gatosan noun (period of 100 years)
- kagatosan noun (period of 100 years)
- siglo noun (period of 100 years)
Central Kurdish
2 entries- سەدە noun (period of 100 years)
- قەرن noun (period of 100 years)
Chechen
1 entries- бӏешо noun (period of 100 years)
Chinese
2 entries- шыҗи noun (period of 100 years)
- 世紀 /世纪 noun (period of 100 years)
Chinese Cantonese
1 entries- 世紀 /世纪 noun (period of 100 years)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 世紀 /世纪 noun (period of 100 years)
Chuvash
1 entries- ӗмӗр noun (period of 100 years)
Cornish
1 entries- cansbledhen noun (period of 100 years)
Corsican
1 entries- seculu noun (period of 100 years)
Crimean Tatar
1 entries- yüz noun (period of 100 years)
Czech
1 entries- století noun (period of 100 years)
Danish
3 entries- centurie noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- århundred noun (period of 100 years)
- århundrede noun (period of 100 years)
Dari
3 entries- سَدَه noun (period of 100 years)
- عَصْر noun (period of 100 years)
- قَرْن noun (period of 100 years)
Dutch
3 entries- centurie noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centurie noun (political division of Rome)
- eeuw noun (period of 100 years)
East Frisian Low Saxon
2 entries- jorhunnert noun (period of 100 years)
- äiw noun (period of 100 years)
Eastern Mari
1 entries- курым noun (period of 100 years)
Eastern Min Chinese
1 entries- 世紀 /世纪 noun (period of 100 years)
Edo
1 entries- ìkpíyīsẹ̄n noun (period of 100 years)
Esperanto
2 entries- centjaro noun (period of 100 years)
- jarcento noun (period of 100 years)
Estonian
2 entries- sajand noun (period of 100 years)
- tsentuuria noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Evenki
1 entries- няма̄дӣ анӈанӣл noun (period of 100 years)
Extremaduran
1 entries- sigru noun (period of 100 years)
Faroese
1 entries- øld noun (period of 100 years)
Finnish
4 entries- kenturia noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- satamäärä noun (hundred things of the same kind)
- satanen noun (hundred things of the same kind)
- satanen noun (snooker: score of one hundred points)
French
3 entries- centurie noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centurie noun (political division of Rome)
- siècle noun (period of 100 years)
Galician
4 entries- centuria noun (period of 100 years)
- centuria noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centuria noun (political division of Rome)
- século noun (period of 100 years)
Georgian
2 entries- ასწლეული noun (period of 100 years)
- საუკუნე noun (period of 100 years)
German
3 entries- Jahrhundert noun (period of 100 years)
- Säkulum noun (period of 100 years)
- Zenturie noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Greek
3 entries- αιώνας noun (period of 100 years)
- εκατονταετία noun (period of 100 years)
- εκατονταρχία noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Greenlandic
2 entries- ukiut hundredikkuutaat noun (period of 100 years)
- ukiut hunnorujukkuutaat noun (period of 100 years)
Gujarati
1 entries- સૈકું noun (period of 100 years)
Hakka Chinese
1 entries- 世紀 /世纪 noun (period of 100 years)
Hausa
1 entries- ƙarni noun (period of 100 years)
Hebrew
2 entries- מֵאָה noun (period of 100 years)
- קנטוריה noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Hindi
4 entries- शतक noun (cricket: hundred runs)
- शताब्दी noun (period of 100 years)
- सदी noun (period of 100 years)
- सैका noun (period of 100 years)
Hungarian
2 entries- század noun (period of 100 years)
- évszázad noun (period of 100 years)
Hunsrik
1 entries- Joherhunnerd noun (period of 100 years)
Icelandic
1 entries- öld noun (period of 100 years)
Ido
1 entries- yarcento noun (period of 100 years)
Igbo
1 entries- senchụ̄rị̀ noun (period of 100 years)
Indonesian
2 entries- abad noun (period of 100 years)
- kurun noun (period of 100 years)
Ingrian
2 entries- sajanti noun (period of 100 years)
- voossata noun (period of 100 years)
Interlingua
1 entries- seculo noun (period of 100 years)
Iranian Persian
3 entries- سَدِه noun (period of 100 years)
- عَصْر noun (period of 100 years)
- قَرْن noun (period of 100 years)
Irish
2 entries- aois noun (period of 100 years)
- céad noun (period of 100 years)
Italian
3 entries- centuria noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centuria noun (political division of Rome)
- secolo noun (period of 100 years)
Japanese
1 entries- 世紀 noun (period of 100 years)
Javanese
1 entries- abad noun (period of 100 years)
Kannada
1 entries- ಶತಮಾನ noun (period of 100 years)
Karelian
1 entries- vuozisada noun (period of 100 years)
Kazakh
1 entries- ғасыр noun (period of 100 years)
Khmer
1 entries- សតវត្ស noun (period of 100 years)
Komi-Permyak
1 entries- ним noun (period of 100 years)
Komi-Zyrian
1 entries- нэм noun (period of 100 years)
Korean
1 entries- 세기 noun (period of 100 years)
Kyrgyz
3 entries- гасыр noun (period of 100 years)
- жүзжылдык noun (period of 100 years)
- кылым noun (period of 100 years)
Ladino
2 entries- sekolo noun (period of 100 years)
- siekolo noun (period of 100 years)
Lao
1 entries- ສັດຕະວັດ noun (period of 100 years)
Latin
4 entries- centennium noun (period of 100 years)
- centuria noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centuria noun (political division of Rome)
- saeculum noun (period of 100 years)
Latvian
1 entries- gadsimts noun (period of 100 years)
Limburgish
1 entries- iew noun (period of 100 years)
Lithuanian
4 entries- amžius noun (period of 100 years)
- centurija noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centurija noun (political division of Rome)
- šimtinė noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Livonian
1 entries- sadāāigastõd noun (period of 100 years)
Lower Sorbian
1 entries- stolěśe noun (period of 100 years)
Luxembourgish
1 entries- Joerhonnert noun (period of 100 years)
Macedonian
4 entries- век noun (period of 100 years)
- столетие noun (period of 100 years)
- центу́рија noun (political division of Rome)
- центурија noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Malay
4 entries- abad noun (period of 100 years)
- kurun noun (period of 100 years)
- ابد noun (period of 100 years)
- قرون noun (period of 100 years)
Malayalam
2 entries- നൂറ്റാണ്ട് noun (period of 100 years)
- ശതാബ്ദം noun (period of 100 years)
Maltese
2 entries- seklu noun (period of 100 years)
- ċentinarju noun (period of 100 years)
Manx
1 entries- eash noun (period of 100 years)
Marathi
4 entries- शतक noun (period of 100 years)
- शतक noun (cricket: hundred runs)
- शताब्दी noun (period of 100 years)
- सेंचुरी noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Mongolian
1 entries- зуун noun (period of 100 years)
Māori
1 entries- rautau noun (period of 100 years)
Nepali
1 entries- शताब्दी noun (period of 100 years)
Ngazidja Comorian
1 entries- karne noun (period of 100 years)
Norman
4 entries- siaeclle noun (period of 100 years)
- siécl'ye noun (period of 100 years)
- syekly noun (period of 100 years)
- syiclle noun (period of 100 years)
North Frisian
4 entries- Jaarhönert noun (period of 100 years)
- jeerhunert (Ockholm) noun (period of 100 years)
- juarhunert noun (period of 100 years)
- jäärhonert (Langenhorn) noun (period of 100 years)
Northern Altai
1 entries- чӱс чыл noun (period of 100 years)
Northern Kurdish
3 entries- qirn noun (period of 100 years)
- sede noun (period of 100 years)
- sedsal noun (period of 100 years)
Northern Sotho
1 entries- ngwagakgolo noun (period of 100 years)
Norwegian Bokmål
1 entries- århundre noun (period of 100 years)
O'odham
1 entries- siant ahithag noun (period of 100 years)
Occitan
1 entries- sègle noun (period of 100 years)
Odia
1 entries- ଶତାବ୍ଦୀ noun (period of 100 years)
Old English
2 entries- hund wintra noun (period of 100 years)
- ieldu noun (period of 100 years)
Old Prussian
1 entries- mettasimtan noun (period of 100 years)
Oromo
1 entries- jaarraa noun (period of 100 years)
Ossetian
1 entries- ӕнус noun (period of 100 years)
Pannonian Rusyn
3 entries- вик noun (period of 100 years)
- столїтиє noun (period of 100 years)
- сторочє noun (period of 100 years)
Papiamentu
1 entries- siglo noun (period of 100 years)
Pashto
2 entries- قرن noun (period of 100 years)
- پېړۍ noun (period of 100 years)
Plautdietsch
1 entries- Hundatjoa noun (period of 100 years)
Polish
4 entries- centuria noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centuria noun (political division of Rome)
- stulecie noun (period of 100 years)
- wiek noun (period of 100 years)
Portuguese
3 entries- centúria noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centúria noun (political division of Rome)
- século noun (period of 100 years)
Quechua
1 entries- pachak noun (period of 100 years)
Romani
2 entries- šul breš noun (period of 100 years)
- शुल ब्रेश noun (period of 100 years)
Romanian
4 entries- centurie noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- centurie noun (political division of Rome)
- secol noun (period of 100 years)
- veac noun (period of 100 years)
Romansch
2 entries- secul noun (period of 100 years)
- tschientaner noun (period of 100 years)
Russian
4 entries- век noun (period of 100 years)
- столе́тие noun (period of 100 years)
- центу́рия noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- центу́рия noun (political division of Rome)
Sanskrit
1 entries- शताब्द noun (period of 100 years)
Sardinian
1 entries- sèculu noun (period of 100 years)
Saterland Frisian
1 entries- Jierhunnert noun (period of 100 years)
Scots
3 entries- centurie noun (period of 100 years)
- year-hunder noun (period of 100 years)
- yeirhunder noun (period of 100 years)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- stotina noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- stòleće noun (period of 100 years)
- stòljeće noun (period of 100 years)
- vijȇk noun (period of 100 years)
Shor
1 entries- чӱс чыл noun (period of 100 years)
Sinhalese
1 entries- සියවස noun (period of 100 years)
Slovak
2 entries- storočie noun (period of 100 years)
- stotina noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Slovene
2 entries- stoletje noun (period of 100 years)
- stotnija noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Somali
2 entries- qarni noun (period of 100 years)
- qarnigii noun (period of 100 years)
Southern Altai
1 entries- јӱс јыл noun (period of 100 years)
Spanish
3 entries- centuria noun (period of 100 years)
- centuria noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
- siglo noun (period of 100 years)
Sudovian
1 entries- simtmetis noun (period of 100 years)
Swahili
1 entries- karne noun (period of 100 years)
Swedish
2 entries- sekel noun (period of 100 years)
- århundrade noun (period of 100 years)
Tagalog
2 entries- dantaon noun (period of 100 years)
- siglo noun (period of 100 years)
Tajik
2 entries- аср noun (period of 100 years)
- қарн noun (period of 100 years)
Tamil
2 entries- சதம் noun (cricket: hundred runs)
- நூற்றாண்டு noun (period of 100 years)
Tatar
1 entries- гасыр noun (period of 100 years)
Telugu
2 entries- శతాబ్దము noun (period of 100 years)
- సెంచరీ noun (cricket: hundred runs)
Thai
1 entries- ศตวรรษ noun (period of 100 years)
Tongan
1 entries- senituli noun (period of 100 years)
Turkish
2 entries- asır noun (period of 100 years)
- yüzyıl noun (period of 100 years)
Turkmen
2 entries- asyr noun (period of 100 years)
- senturiýa noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
Ukrainian
3 entries- вік noun (period of 100 years)
- столі́ття noun (period of 100 years)
- сторі́ччя noun (period of 100 years)
Upper Sorbian
2 entries- lětstotk noun (period of 100 years)
- lětstotk noun (period of 100 years)
Urdu
2 entries- صَدی noun (period of 100 years)
- قَرْن noun (period of 100 years)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئەسىر noun (period of 100 years)
Uzbek
1 entries- asr noun (period of 100 years)
Veps
1 entries- vozʹsada noun (period of 100 years)
Vietnamese
1 entries- thế kỉ noun (period of 100 years)
Volapük
1 entries- tumyel noun (period of 100 years)
Võro
1 entries- aastagasada noun (period of 100 years)
Walloon
1 entries- sieke noun (period of 100 years)
Welsh
2 entries- canrif noun (period of 100 years)
- canrif noun (unit in ancient Roman army)
West-Frisian
1 entries- ieu noun (period of 100 years)
Wu Chinese
1 entries- 世紀 /世纪 noun (period of 100 years)
Yakut
1 entries- үйэ noun (period of 100 years)
Yiddish
1 entries- יאָרהונדערט noun (period of 100 years)
Yoruba
3 entries- sẹ́ńtúrì noun (period of 100 years)
- ọgọ́rùn-ún-ọdún noun (period of 100 years)
- ọ̀rúndún noun (period of 100 years)
Zazaki
1 entries- seser noun (period of 100 years)
Zhuang
1 entries- seiqgeij noun (period of 100 years)
Sample sentences
22 total sentences available.
The old church on the hill dates back to the twelfth century.
Source: tatoeba (19865)
Briefly stated, Hobsbawm's thesis is that the history of the twentieth century is that of the decline of civilization.
Source: tatoeba (20963)
Scientific knowledge has greatly advanced since the 16th century.
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