"century" meaning in English

See century in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊri/ [UK], /ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/ [US] Audio: en-us-century.ogg [US], en-au-century.ogg [Australia] Forms: century [singular], centuries [plural]
Head templates: {{irrnoun|centuries}} [POS TABLE]
  1. A century is a period of 100 years.
    Sense id: simple-century-en-noun-vaUNM5is
     
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      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      ]
    }
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  "hyphenation": "cen‧tu‧ry; cent‧ury",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My great grandfather came to Canada over a century ago."
        },
        {
          "text": "The telephone was invented in the 19th century."
        },
        {
          "text": "Centuries passed before the slaves were freed."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A century is a period of 100 years."
      ],
      "id": "simple-century-en-noun-vaUNM5is",
      "raw_tags": [
        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊri/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-century.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-century.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "sentry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "irregular"
  ],
  "word": "century"
}

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  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "century",
      "tags": [
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "centuries",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "centuries"
      },
      "expansion": "[POS TABLE]",
      "name": "irrnoun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": "cen‧tu‧ry; cent‧ury",
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Countable nouns"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "My great grandfather came to Canada over a century ago."
        },
        {
          "text": "The telephone was invented in the 19th century."
        },
        {
          "text": "Centuries passed before the slaves were freed."
        }
      ],
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        "A century is a period of 100 years."
      ],
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        "countable"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛnt͡ʃʊri/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈsɛn(t)ʃ(ə)ri/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-century.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-au-century.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ]
    },
    {
      "homophones": [
        "sentry"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "tags": [
    "irregular"
  ],
  "word": "century"
}

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