century

/sˈɛntʃɝi/noun3 syllables

Century means: ten 10s.

Synonyms for century4

noun, as in ten 10s

hundred, 100, C, one C

What does century mean?2

noun

1

ten 10s

2

a period of 100 years

Definitions from the Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

What rhymes with century?1

five syllables

penitentiary

Show 34 near rhymes

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Century in a sentence

There are only small humans in our century; no dicks, only dickies.namikiri
A century ago, this was just a small farm town.CK
In the eighteenth century, women were treated as second-class citizens.deniko
In the twentieth century, chess enabled computer scientists to create intelligent machines.carlosalberto
In the last century, the city has been renamed several times.CM
At the turn of the century, children still worked in factories.CK
When foreign friends first see century eggs, they all think they're rotten eggs.LeviHighway
As likely as not, whales will be extinct by the end of this century.unknown

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Forms of century

as a noun

plural: centuries