Century
noun
A period of 100 years.
We live in the 21st century.
Often appears as...
- 21st century
- last century
noun
In cricket, a score of 100 runs by a single player.
He made his second century of the match.
Often appears as...
- score a century
- make a century
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Technical
noun
A hundred of certain units.
Company has a fleet of a century of cars
Often appears as...
- century of cars
- century of pounds
noun
A period of 100 years.
We live in the 21st century.
Often appears as...
- 21st century
- last century
noun
In cricket, a score of 100 runs by a single player.
He made his second century of the match.
Often appears as...
- score a century
- make a century
Usage tips
Technical
noun
A hundred of certain units.
Company has a fleet of a century of cars
Often appears as...
- century of cars
- century of pounds
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Eras
Centuries categorize history into 100-year blocks to simplify reference to specific eras.
The Renaissance spanned the 14th to the 17th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Ordinal Numbers
When talking about centuries, use ordinal numbers like 20th, 21st to describe sequential order.
The telephone was invented in the 19th century.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misunderstanding
The 20th century refers to the years 1900-1999, not 2000-2099, as might be commonly misunderstood.
World War II happened in the 20th century.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Eras
Centuries categorize history into 100-year blocks to simplify reference to specific eras.
The Renaissance spanned the 14th to the 17th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Ordinal Numbers
When talking about centuries, use ordinal numbers like 20th, 21st to describe sequential order.
The telephone was invented in the 19th century.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misunderstanding
The 20th century refers to the years 1900-1999, not 2000-2099, as might be commonly misunderstood.
World War II happened in the 20th century.
Pro Tip 1/3Historical Eras
Centuries categorize history into 100-year blocks to simplify reference to specific eras.
The Renaissance spanned the 14th to the 17th century.
Pro Tip 2/3Ordinal Numbers
When talking about centuries, use ordinal numbers like 20th, 21st to describe sequential order.
The telephone was invented in the 19th century.
Pro Tip 3/3Common Misunderstanding
The 20th century refers to the years 1900-1999, not 2000-2099, as might be commonly misunderstood.
World War II happened in the 20th century.
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but to cope with the circumstances of previous centuries. But our minds are still hypnotized by them, and we have to disenthrall ourselves of some of them. Now, doing this is easier said than done. It's very hard to know, by the way, what it is you take for granted. And the reason is that you take it for granted.
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The world’s most...
where experts have continued to puzzle over it for more than a century. Cryptologists say the writing has all the characteristics of a real language, just one that no one's ever seen before. What makes it seem real is that in actual languages, letters and groups of letters appear with consistent frequencies,
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The complex geometry of...
We can follow the same steps to create sixfold patterns by drawing construction lines over a circle divided into six parts, and then tessellating it, we can make something like this. Here's another sixfold pattern that has appeared across the centuries and all over the Islamic world,
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History vs. Vladimir...
to a modern, industrial superpower, with one of the world's best educated populations, unprecedented opportunities for women, and some of the most important scientific advancements of the century. Life may not have been luxurious, but nearly everyone had a roof over their head
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represent the life of a worker one century ago and it's frustrating because we all know what a great day feels like a day where you're able to keep the most important thing the most important thing that indescribable feeling that sense of accomplishment that comes from having
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Why the metric system...
other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units. But over the next two centuries, the British Empire slowly transitioned,
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How to recognize a...
imagining a world where certain trends in contemporary society are taken to extremes, exposing their underlying flaws. And the next few centuries would provide plenty of material. Industrial technology that promised to free laborers
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A brief history of goths...
have in common with ancient barbarians? Not much. So why are both known as goths? Is it a weird coincidence or a deeper connection stretching across the centuries?
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Eel Suffers Toxic Shock...
there is a profusion of life giant muscles that can live and grow for a century or more pack tightly together dwarfing the
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Everest Glaciology -...
climate change is the most important security issue of the 21st century
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Bring on the learning...
but to cope with the circumstances of previous centuries. But our minds are still hypnotized by them, and we have to disenthrall ourselves of some of them. Now, doing this is easier said than done. It's very hard to know, by the way, what it is you take for granted. And the reason is that you take it for granted.
Video examples
The world’s most...
where experts have continued to puzzle over it for more than a century. Cryptologists say the writing has all the characteristics of a real language, just one that no one's ever seen before. What makes it seem real is that in actual languages, letters and groups of letters appear with consistent frequencies,
Video examples
The complex geometry of...
We can follow the same steps to create sixfold patterns by drawing construction lines over a circle divided into six parts, and then tessellating it, we can make something like this. Here's another sixfold pattern that has appeared across the centuries and all over the Islamic world,
Video examples
History vs. Vladimir...
to a modern, industrial superpower, with one of the world's best educated populations, unprecedented opportunities for women, and some of the most important scientific advancements of the century. Life may not have been luxurious, but nearly everyone had a roof over their head
Video examples
Upgrading management...
represent the life of a worker one century ago and it's frustrating because we all know what a great day feels like a day where you're able to keep the most important thing the most important thing that indescribable feeling that sense of accomplishment that comes from having
Video examples
Why the metric system...
other nations followed, with colonial empires spreading the system around the world. As France's main rival, Britain had resisted revolutionary ideas and retained its traditional units. But over the next two centuries, the British Empire slowly transitioned,
Video examples
How to recognize a...
imagining a world where certain trends in contemporary society are taken to extremes, exposing their underlying flaws. And the next few centuries would provide plenty of material. Industrial technology that promised to free laborers
Video examples
A brief history of goths...
have in common with ancient barbarians? Not much. So why are both known as goths? Is it a weird coincidence or a deeper connection stretching across the centuries?
Video examples
Eel Suffers Toxic Shock...
there is a profusion of life giant muscles that can live and grow for a century or more pack tightly together dwarfing the
Video examples
Everest Glaciology -...
climate change is the most important security issue of the 21st century
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Eugene Ionesco
French Dramatist
Art goes beyond politics. Even if there are writers who are involved in politics, eventually, in one or two centuries, it's not their politics which is going to count, but the fact of having given life to feelings, of having created characters and made a living work of art.
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Margaret MacMillan
Canadian Historian
Individual lives remind us that there is something called a common humanity and that, over the centuries, there have been people who have lived and breathed and sometimes worried about very different things and sometimes worried about the same things we do.
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Eric Metaxas
American Author
America is the only nation in the world based on an idea - freedom and self-government - so if we don't understand that idea and what sacrifices were made to win that freedom and keep it for over two centuries, how can we possibly continue to keep it?
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John Ralston Saul
Canadian Author
Grand economic theories rarely last more than a few decades. Some, if they are particularly in tune with technological or political events, may make it to half a century. Beyond that, little short of military force can keep them in place.
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Sarah Lancashire
British Actress
Children are part of the natural pattern of life. For centuries people have been having children and going to work. You get on with it, that's what life's about.
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Mary Wollstonecraft
British Writer
In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.
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Peter Thiel
American Businessman
I'm very pro-science and pro-technology; I believe that these have been key drivers of progress in the world in the last centuries.
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Gore Vidal
American Novelist
All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
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Ray Manzarek
American Musician
Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century.
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William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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Eugene Ionesco
French Dramatist
Art goes beyond politics. Even if there are writers who are involved in politics, eventually, in one or two centuries, it's not their politics which is going to count, but the fact of having given life to feelings, of having created characters and made a living work of art.
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Margaret MacMillan
Canadian Historian
Individual lives remind us that there is something called a common humanity and that, over the centuries, there have been people who have lived and breathed and sometimes worried about very different things and sometimes worried about the same things we do.
Quote examples
Eric Metaxas
American Author
America is the only nation in the world based on an idea - freedom and self-government - so if we don't understand that idea and what sacrifices were made to win that freedom and keep it for over two centuries, how can we possibly continue to keep it?
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John Ralston Saul
Canadian Author
Grand economic theories rarely last more than a few decades. Some, if they are particularly in tune with technological or political events, may make it to half a century. Beyond that, little short of military force can keep them in place.
Quote examples
Sarah Lancashire
British Actress
Children are part of the natural pattern of life. For centuries people have been having children and going to work. You get on with it, that's what life's about.
Quote examples
Mary Wollstonecraft
British Writer
In every age there has been a stream of popular opinion that has carried all before it, and given a family character, as it were, to the century.
Quote examples
Peter Thiel
American Businessman
I'm very pro-science and pro-technology; I believe that these have been key drivers of progress in the world in the last centuries.
Quote examples
Gore Vidal
American Novelist
All in all, I would not have missed this century for the world.
Quote examples
Ray Manzarek
American Musician
Movies were very important. The art-form of the 20th century.
Quote examples
William Lyon Phelps
American Educator
The fear of life is the favorite disease of the 20th century.
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