English · Numbers & Time
century
/ˈsɛntʃəri/
[/ˈsɛntʃəri/]
100 years
Intermediatenoun
Definition
A period of one hundred years.
Example
The cathedral took more than a century to build completely.
The cathedral took more than a century to build completely.
Etymology
From Latin "centuria," a group of a hundred.
How & Where It’s Used
Used for hundred-year spans and to name historical eras.